Watched an eye-opening video on abstract art from the artist Sean Scully. He is an irish born american abstract painter. Initially I felt hints of rothko philosophy in his paintings but upon further analysis I was blown away by his ideas behind his process.
Drawing inspiration from the south german winter landscape, Scully interprets the landscape around him as a grid which acts as a stage for interplay between the different natural forms (barren trees, hedges, earth) and the monotonous yet hugely atmospheric colours, tones and shades present in the visual composition of the physical landscape.
It is very interesting to note the process of abstraction from his source of inspiration to the final piece, his paintings often combine themes such as "intimacy" and "monumentalism" personally I find this is best represented in the spaces between the almost gently pulsing blocks of colour. Although being a physically tiny gap it connects the various shapes by interlocking them in a slow,abstract and mysterious vibration.
Sean also works with the theme of breaking things, In his pieces he breaks a conceptual space of a canvas via the use of powerful, emotional colours to create an atmospheric ambience. The various (seemingly broken, divided and seperated) squares all join together in a dynamic visual unison and it becomes a work of an almost perfect imperfection.
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