Today's Online Art Gallery #7

TODAY'S ONLINE ART GALLERY #7
This is the seventh in a series featuring and showcasing some of my abstract mixed media artworks.
The titles are "Bearings", "Portals", "Light Variations", "Wandering", "Erratic/Erotic", "Squarely". They are mixed media artworks using acrylic paint and drawing techniques on paper. The intention is to demonstrate how a series of paintings, digital artworks and drawings can be displayed in a harmonious way. The frames and mat are used for design purposes to enhance the painting, the frames are not for sale. For more information about purchases and a more comprehensive view of my drawings, paintings, collages and digital fusions, visit -

http://www.yessy.com/emooyoung

more artworks on video can be seen at- http://youtube.com/Emooyoung
or for more information write me at
emooyoung@gmail.com

Wednesday's Online Art Gallery #6

WEDNESDAY'S ONLINE GALLERY #6
This is the sixth in a series featuring and showcasing some of my abstract mixed media artworks.
The titles are "Monochromes 1-6". They are mixed media artworks using acrylic paint and drawing techniques on paper. The intention is to demonstrate how a series of similar paintings can be displayed. The frames and mat are used for design purposes to enhance the painting, the frames are not for sale. For more information about purchases and a more comprehensive view of my drawings, paintings, collages and digital fusions, visit -

http://www.yessy.com/emooyoung

more artworks on video can be seen at- http://youtube.com/Emooyoung
or for more information write me at
emooyoung@gmail.com

Wednesday's Online Art Gallery #5

WEDNESDAY'S ONLINE GALLERY #5
This is the fifth in a series featuring and showcasing some of my abstract mixed media artworks.
The titles are "Colossus", "Avert", "Corrugate" and "Daunting 3". They are mixed media artworks using acrylic paint, drawings, and collage techniques on paper. The frames and mat are used for design purposes to enhance the painting, the frames are not for sale. For more information about purchases and a more comprehensive view of my drawings, paintings, collages and digital fusions, visit -

http://www.yessy.com/emooyoung

more artworks on video can be seen at- http://youtube.com/Emooyoung
or for more information write me at
emooyoung@gmail.com

Online Abstract Art Gallery

WEDNESDAY'S ONLINE GALLERY #4
This is the third in a series featuring and showcasing some of my abstract mixed media artworks.
The title is "4 Faces". It's a mixed media artwork using acrylic paint, drawings, and scratching techniques on paper. The frame is used for design purposes to enhance the painting, the frame is not for sale. For more information about purchases and a more comprehensive view of my drawings, paintings, collages and digital fusions, visit -

http://www.yessy.com/emooyoung

more artworks on video can be seen at- http://youtube.com/Emooyoung
or for more information write me at
emooyoung @gmail.com

Wednesdays Online Art Gallery #3

WEDNESDAY'S ONLINE GALLERY #3
This is the third in a series featuring and showcasing some of my abstract mixed media artworks.
The titles are "Configure", "Guardian Angel", and "Connectivity". The frames are used for design purposes to enhance the paintings, the frames are not for sale. For more information about purchases and a more comprehensive view of my drawings, paintings, collages and digital fusions, visit -

http://www.yessy.com/emooyoung

more artworks on video can be seen at- http://youtube.com/Emooyoung
or for more information write me at
emooyoung @gmail.com

Wednesday's Online Gallery #2

WEDNESDAY'S ONLINE GALLERY
This is the second in a series featuring and showcasing some of my abstract mixed media artworks.
The titles are "An Investigation", "Artifacts", and "According 2". The frames are used for design purposes to enhance the paintings and are not for sale. For more information about purchases and a more comprehensive collection visit -

http://www.yessy.com/emooyoung

more artworks on video can be seen at- http://youtube.com/Emooyoung
or for more information write me at
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Wednesday's Online Art Gallery

Wednesday's Online Art Gallery

Above are 3 featured paintings. They will be a new and regular display of my artworks on Wednesday's. They will display and showcase my abstract paintings, drawings, collages and digital fusions and experiments. Let me know what you think.

To see more of my artwork and details of purchase, visit-

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http://emooyoungart.blogspot.com
http://youtube.com/Emooyoung
http://www.emooyoung@gmail.com

New feature starting tomorrow

Wednesday's Online Art Gallery

Starting tomorrow there will be a new feature. I'll be showcasing 3 or 4 pieces of art in an online gallery format. The works change every week with a new color background and a new layout to show how differently shaped pieces can fit, in a balanced way, on a wall. The pieces are framed for discussion and layout purposes only. The frames are not for sale.

Look out for Wednesday's Online Art Gallery tomorrow and let me know what you think.

For more information about purchase and viewing other paintings, drawings, collages and digital fusions, visit=
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Personage compressed

The abstract artwork: "Personage Compressed" evolved from loose wanderings of oil pastel on a diagonal plane. The personage, restricted by rules, regulations and conformity feels compressed, stressed. Imprisoned. Is there a route to decompress?

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Quotes from Kandinsky

In my quest to better understand the radical shifts in the approach that some artists took, at the early part of the 20th century, I began to look a little closer at Wassily Kandinsky. In the "Blaue Reiter" by Hajo Duchting, there's a detailed account of the thoughts by Kandinsky and Franz Marc about the new direction and radical changes that led to the Blaue Reiter and later abstract art.

One quote exemplifies their thinking -

"clashing discords, loss of equilibrium
'principles' overthrown, unexpected drumbeats,
great questionings, apparently purposeless strivings,
stress and longing (apparently torn apart),
chains and fetters broken
(which had united many)
opposites and contradictions - this is our harmony"
Wassily Kandinsky, 1912

Naturally, when their almanac with their philosophy and exhibition finally saw the light of day, the initial reactions were 'negative and indeed even hostile. Favorable responses were limited: solidarity with the new aims extended no further than a small circle of artists, critics, collectors and museum directors. What is now recognized as a pioneering achievement by this small group of artists, as the advent of Modernism in Germany, in its own day appeared simply as a marginal event with no enduring influence upon the culture of Wilhelmine Germany.'

4 Abstract Drawings

Above are 4 Abstract Mixed media drawings. Derived from an intuitive process, with free flowing lines and acrylic colors, oil pastels and markers. They are entitled-

"Monolith"
"Necessary Elements"
"Night & Day Shift"
"Non-Specific Object"

I'm reminded of a quote from Wassily Kandinsky, considered the originator of abstract art-"painting is an art, and art in general is not a mere purposeless creating of things that dissipate themselves in a void, but a power that has a purpose.... it is a language that speaks in its own unique way to the soul..." - Wassily Kandinsky, 1912.

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Comparing mats

In choosing a color mat for your painting or drawing, it's wise to test a range of colors with the frame selected. Sometimes the mat can be harmonious to hues in the painting, or it can be a strong contrast or many believe it should be plain white, so that the focus remains on the artwork. For others a neutral color is best. What do you think?

Abstract art:The Rules have changed

Abstract artwork on paper. Each piece is like a personal visual diary. Instead of words, there are shapes and forms. Forms extending, overlapping, some in a parallel relationship to each other. Colors combine, confront and contrast against each other. It's a world of visual challenges. The rules of art has changed, the world is also changing fast... and furious. Abstract art can acomodate all thoughts and forms... even when the rules have changed.

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Abstract art: Unsettled Molecules

Abstract line drawing with acrylic wash and oil pastels. The animated surface warns of inner turmoil and unsettled times.
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Abstract art: "Tottering"

The abstract drawing "Tottering" is a random structure of shapes, colors and forms linked together in an abstract manner. Completed in 2001, it alludes to once invincible structures and characters that have since tottered then tumbled. How many can you guess and name?

The pen and ink drawing is colored by acrylic paint, markers and oil pastels.

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"Swept" -mixed media drawing

Swept, mixed media drawing on paper.

Swept, going with the flow. Some have said, only dead fish and leaves go with the flow. Swept, by the need to obey the rules, to act with conformity. Some are swept by passion to "take no more" and risk everything for a cause. Some are swept by a strong current, a tsunami, to resist is futile. Others are swept by peer pressure, by love, by hate.

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Abstract art: "On the outskirts"

"On the Outskirts"
Abstract pen drawing with acrylic paint on paper. 8.5"x11"

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Abstract Art: Monolithic

Starting to muse about an abstract drawing can 'open a can of worms.' Well, metaphorically anyway. As a line rambles across the paper, new vistas emerge. New forms. New directions. Leading to a new perception, delicately balancing on the periphery of the work, then retreating and returning to a previously recorded area.

Monolithic, a brain-like mass, a homage to brain power and the epic achievements of man. Still, desertification of once fertile areas, continue its relentless trek. Can brain-power be used to create artificial lakes in the desert? Many predict water will become our most precious commodity. Can the engineers start creating the artificial lakes, fed by rivers that pour their resources into the sea. Save the earth, save the people, create artificial lakes in the desert.

Using a ball-point pen, later switching to pen and ink, adding touches of pastel, building the form, a sinewy mass, waiting to be sculpted. Acrylic paint provide the aqueous ground that cements the monolithic structure. A new structure emerges. The experiment continues...

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Motion Denied: Abstract Drawing

The abstract drawing "Motion Denied" was a visual play on words. Motion restricted in a confined space or perhaps a refusal to grant bail in a criminal case. This charcoal abstract drawing tried to depict a struggle to burst free from confinement, restrictions and conformity.

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Abstract Art: Leaving Kingston

LEAVING KINGSTON

Sometimes leaving an area is not a properly controlled activity, getting the moving van, leisurely loading your furniture and memorabilia and driving off into the sunset. There are many stories of forced departure, hurriedly leaving an area due to threats, Just enough time to grab what's at hand and leave, never to return.

These thoughts were uppermost in my mind, having read a news report, of an exodus on a particular street.

The drawing was not an attempt to depict a narrative. But letting the mind wander and the pen following the dictates of the mind.

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Four Abstract Drawings

Four Abstract Drawings - Inflated forms, Interstices, Isolated and Le Danse. In the late 90's while experimenting with intuitive lines, these abstract works came to fruition. These are pen line drawings with acrylic wash, and pastels on paper.

To view my online gallery, showing paintings, drawings, digital collages and prints, visit -

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Icarus: The Flight of No Return

Although warned by his father, Daedalus, not to fly too near to the sun, Icarus ignored the warning. Perhaps, it was the joy of flying, the great escape, the freedom, at last, from exile in Crete.

Daedalus, a fine craftsman, the story goes, was imprisoned by King Minos for whom he had built the Labyrinth to imprison the Minotaur. (Half man, half Bull). To escape, according to Greek Mythology, he carefully fashioned two pairs of wings, one for his son and one for himself. He spent a long time studying the flight of birds and the design of their wings. He built his wings out of feathers and wax. The design and construction worked.

Before the day of the escape, Daedalus warned his son Icarus, not to fly too close to the sun or too close to the sea. Whether by sheer euphoria, teenage zest for a thrill or he simply forgot the warning, With no altimeter to indicate the altitude, Icarus flew too close to the sun. Predictably, the wax melted, the feathers dropped out of the wings, he flapped harder, to no avail, soon he started falling and plunged to his death in the sea. Today, hang gliding, gliding, parachuting, kites and other variations have replaced feathers and wax. But thrill seekers must be careful.

Here are a few pieces of art on paper, in mixed media, I created, in the 90's, while reflecting on the myth. Other examples in this series can be found at-
http://www.yessy.com/emooyoung/gallery

Abstract art: Fragmenta

Abstract, flowing, intuitive lines have always played an instrumental role in starting a painting. As the lines travel across the paper, So too, my thoughts begin to flow. Abstract forms begin to take shape. They are scratched into existence.

Shades of red add to the definition of the forms. They are compartmentalized so each can be studied separately. They are fragments of forms. Unfinished fragments of thought.

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"What can a line Do?

In Abstract Art, what can a line do?

Line art has been around from the earliest attempts by man to depict his thoughts. Line can mean so many contradictory things.

A line can lead you on the wrong path. Or it can direction your eye to a focal point. A line can define, limit, separate and when connected to other lines, frame or enclose an area.

A line can be confusing, it can be amusing. It can be expressive. It can be inflated.

A line can obscure and obfuscate. A line can lead to better understanding.

There are straight lines and there are squiggles. There can be lines of strict demarcation. Some lines define a boundary. Some define a home, town, city, state or country.

Here are a few of my line drawings.

To see more visit: http://www.yessy.com/emooyoung/gallery

The New Year

December 9, my first blog for the new year... I've created some new videos on YouTube. They can be viewed on the side panel on the right. I've been experimenting with music to combine with the videos showing some of my abstract paintings and drawings. They are a challenge, but great fun to make. I spend hours trying new beats, new exotic sounds. The latest-"Abstract Extracts" attempt to replicate sounds you might hear strolling past pulsating night clubs at Hard Rock Cafe. As you stroll, Latin music blasts from the left, opposite is a Jazz Pub, Moving along, the exotic sounds of Morocco, then the hard driving wail of a rock band. The abstract art flashes to the eclectic beats. It's a one minute experiment. I've completed 10 of these experimental works.

Also working on a 16 week program with the publisher of Success magazine, Darren Hardy - "Designing the Best 10 Years of your Life." Hope to really work at it and not drop it after 2 weeks.

Reading about John T. Unger, most of his work are sold thru the Internet using Twitter, his blog and interviews. He is a fan of Hugh McLeod's concept of a Global Microbrand. - " A tiny brand that 'sells' all over the world... the Global Microbrand is sustainable. With it you are not beholden to one boss, one company. one customer, one local economy or even one industry. Your brand develops relationships in enough different places to where your permanent address becomes almost irrelevant."
That sounds like what I'm seeking. Especially in this time of economic turmoil.

I'm also bombarded by offers that virtually guarantee, that I'll make a small fortune every month. If I wasn't firm, I'd be spending hundreds of dollars already. Are there any that really work?

More notes on Abstract Art

Further reading in the history of abstract art revealed the opening up of a new world of possibilities in modern art as the era of representational art dimmed. Also as new scientific discoveries were made, abstract art flourished in a parallel universe. Not representing, in an illustrative way, the discoveries, but an opening up of the mind of the artists.

In "Painting in the 20th Century" Werner Haftmann writes "... abstract painting offered possibilities of expressing in pictorial terms the spontaneous processes which take place within the personality. It also provided the associations and suggestions with which an inner experience of reality could be made visible. This pervasive preoccupation with the possibilities of abstract painting resulted in the fact that each painter undertook for himself a fresh speculative examination of pictorial means and formal processes. Meditation and speculation became for the contemporary painter closely related forces which held his creative work in a state of tension."

He also stated that "The inevitable effect of these reflections was that the painters perceived much more clearly the astonishing correspondences between contemporary intuitive and scientific experiences of the world and nature. The complex structure of matter, the concept of mass as dynamic energy, the concept of the magnetic field, the overlappings of time and space, of the finite and infinite, were now seen by the artist for what they really were: parallel manifestations of a more abstract experience of reality, an experience which was fully active in himself also."

Art, in this new way of thinking exploded all over the western world.

Abstract art on paper : "Duality"

ABSTRACT ART ON PAPER

In a more structured way, the drawing kept to a loose geometric construction of shapes and forms. Pen, markers acrylic paint and pastels were utilized in a intuitive, flowing pattern. The question of mind and matter, good and evil, man and woman surfaced after.

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Abstract art on paper

ABSTRACT ART ON PAPER
Here are 3 examples of abstract works on paper done a few years ago. They were executed in pen and ink, acrylics, markers, oil pastels and pastels. Small abstract works on paper, start at times, as a process of 'fleshing out' thoughts and ideas, with the thinking that I'll enlarge and paint a larger version. It rarely happens. I'm more drawn to spontaneous work, tentative, intuitive and largely abstract. The thoughts and ideas evolve as if on a trek into the mind, lost in thought.

The Titles are 1. Contravene 2. Cornices 3. Declining Prude. ( A parody on the ever popular title 'Reclining nude')

Carving- Abstract drawing

Carving evolved from scratching pen and pencil lines into a form more abstract than real. The pen acting as a chisel. Carving into existence this entity.

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Abstract drawing - Binary

While abstractly drawing, the forms gradually divided itself in two. Like an amoeba cell sub-dividing. Binary Fission.

Has anyone heard the outcome of The Collider? Slamming atoms at nearly the speed of light, in a sense, a small attempt at recreating the "Big Bang".

The action of cell division is also the earliest stage in the human ovum dividing itself after fertilization, orderly, to create a new being.

The drawing is the result of a wandering pen, many thoughts on a variety of fundamental things, then embellished with pastels, conte crayons and oil pastels.

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