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Abstract Painting : Concepts and Techniques

The target audience for the book by Vicky Perry, "Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques", is the advanced or college level painter. The book explores the issues facing the painter while in the studio. There are psychological, physiological and practical matters that must be managed in creating a modern abstract painting. There are concepts with which the painter wrestles.


This book is instructional and geared to what matters when your equipment is in front of you. In addition, there is some a theoretical and historical background.

 

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Until now, the techniques used to create great abstract paintings were surrounded by a veil of mystery. Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques lifts that veil to reveal the exact methods behind the masterworks. Now students and professional artists can stop guessing and start building on the techniques of the great abstract artists to create their own innovative new work. Two clear, comprehensible sections let artists focus quickly on their specific areas of interest. The first section, on Traditional Painterly Abstraction, using brush and easel, looks at pictorial space, brushwork, paint quality, and collage. The second section, on Post-Painterly Modern Abstraction, considers options ranging from the pour-and-spatter techniques of Jackson Pollock to the staining, scraping, and abrading of modern acrylic artists. Step-by-step recipes for key approaches show artists how to get the best aesthetic results, freeing them to move forward philosophically.

 

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News

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Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques Wins Writers' Notes Prize

2006 - The book by Vicky Perry, Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques has won a Writers' Notes Prize.

The cataegory is for this book prize is described as "Art – titles capture the experience, execution, or demonstration of the arts, including art, fine art, graphic art, architecture, performing arts, design, photography, coffee table books, and poetry."

 

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Reviews

Library Journal Review of Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques:i

 

The Library Journal Review has these notes about Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques:
Though Piet Mondrian's grids and Jackson Pollock's splatters may no longer seem radical, abstract art still requires an overflow of language to describe and defend it. This book does the job well, with the help of quotations from writers and painters alike. Perry shares practical studio techniques for painting in layers and pouring and staining with paint as well as instructs on composition, pictorial space, pigment properties, and more. She clearly discusses the form's tradition, its ambiguous play with reality, and the psychology and physiology of seeing. Highly recommended.

 

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Interviews

 

May 12, 2008 - CraftCast - "Vicky has exhibited her work in galleries from coast to coast, winning many awards for her work in national competitions. Her book, Abstract Painting, one of the only all-encompassing modern art workbooks, gives you not only practical information for using painting materials, as well as insight into the technique of different artists and what they were attempting to communicate with their work."

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