Michelle East Pondering on Life and Art - Germantown, Memphis Tn Artist and Photographer

What have you done with your first 4 days of 2011? Has it been memorable already?  Have you celebrated your life, your accomplishments, your successes? If not, then you should. You are special and your life should be celebrated.

Over the last few days I have been diving into books and documentaries about the abstract expressionism movement that happened in art around the 1950's. New York is the setting with artists Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, and a female artist that I love, Joan Mitchell among many more as the players.

My focus has been on Mitchell and Rothko in particular this week.  I am in tune to the abstract as an art form and have begun work that is a big departure from my current style. Don't think it looks anything  like the beautiful works below but in my studio, alone with only me and my big grey persian cat, I am celebrating my new abstract expressionism exploration!

Rothko's large simple color blocks have me mesmerized while Mitchell's use of brush stroke and colors I find compelling.

http://www.joanmitchellfoundation.org





http://www.markrothko.com
Mark Rothko and I share the same birthday- 65 years apart. Maybe that is why I like his art..... :)

Cheers to you!
Till next time,