ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST PAUL JENKINS
Abstract art tends to use a visual state of form, color and line to create a very realistic composition. Abstraction indicates a departure from reality in depiction of imagery in art. It can be geometrical, lyrical etc. It is all about expressing one’s inner emotions and feelings on a piece of paper. This type of art is learned. The viewer has to try to understand the underlying school of thought, along with concepts such as foregrounding, formalism, texture, differences between modernism and post modernism etc.
Abstract art is really popular reason being, because they are expensive abstract collections, they have a blend of childish scribbling, pop culture etc. People enjoy abstract pieces of works, be it of buildings, people’s faces, scenery’s etc. This art still exists in today’s age. Abstract artists make a lot of money on their works as people enjoy engaging in art that is more on the nonfigurative or the nonrepresentational side, the kind of art where one needs to actually think deep in order to derive something out of it. The fact that these artists only use color, shapes to let out their emotions is what the audience actually looks forward to.
American abstract painter, William Paul Jenkins (July 12, 1923 – June 9, 2012) was known to represent the vitality, spirit and the invention of post World War II abstraction. He was known for his abstract expressionism in his works of redefining color, light, space and texture on his canvas.
Portrait of Paul Jenkins
One of his famous methods of getting his work done was through controlled paint-pouring and canvas manipulation as with the gem-like veils of transparent and translucent color processes, which were really popular in the 1950’s. He created his works by pouring the three primary colors – red, yellow and ultramarine blue with white or black on the canvas. He allowed the colors to flow across the canvas. Jenkins described himself as an “abstract phenomenist” and in the 1960’s; the titles of all his paintings began with the word “Phenomena”.
Phenomena Oracle Emissary of Grunewald 2001
Okefinokee 1959
Egypt Wind, 1957
His always worked on defying stasis and creating a literal sense of dynamism in his work, provided he maintained a sense of unity.
Paul Jenkins artworks were known all across the globe, and he recently passed away on the 9th of June at the age of 88 due to a short illness. His work will always be remembered.
Jenkins had an ongoing interest in Eastern philosophy and religions. The studies of I Ching and the writings of Carl Jung prompted him to turn towards the inward reflection and mysticism which have dominated his aesthetics as well as his life as a whole.
“I have conversations with my paintings, and they tell me what they want to be called.”
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