Abstract Imagination

When I had my first show, I was approached by a woman who led me over to one of my paintings. She asked me:

“Is there something written down here?” Pointing to the bottom of the canvas.

To which I kindly replied:

“There is, if you want there to be” with a smile on my face, of course. It was amazing to me that her brain pulled out words from that entanglement of brush strokes.

The curious and beautiful thing with abstract art, is that people will see “things” in the work whether you intend it or not.

I’ve heard so many times, “Is this a window?” Sure. “Is this a lake reflecting a tree line? It could be.

The answer is never no.

Although at first, I’ll admit, this bothered me. Since I have my own strong feelings about the meaning behind the work. Now I can appreciate it. The thing is, with esoteric art, why should we strive for inaccessibility? If someone needs to relate the work to something they’re familiar with in order to access it, why not?