Why I Love Abstract Art

I always smile at the reactions I get when I tell people I'm an artist – especially when I say I love working in abstracts. Usually it's “ohhhh really?” followed very quickly by “can I see some of your work?”. At this point I'll usually try and guess which pieces people will be drawn to the most – the fully abstract pieces or the ones where abstractism is only part it. And I don't think I've ever accurately predicated it yet – but this makes me SO happy as art is really truly in the eye of the beholder. “I really like this one but I'm not sure why” is quite common but it's also my favourite response as it really shows that abstract art works with feeling more than anything else.

And in my humble opinion, that “feeling” that can't be explained, is what art's all about.