Painting: A Creative Journey: How can an abstract world evolve?

Pay with

About Painting: A Creative Journey: How Can An Abstract

“Painting: A Creative Journey” visually encapsulate the theme of the book: the creative path from figurative to landscape to abstract painting. It answers the question: how can a realistic painter create a unique personalized abstract world?With works in the permanent collections of forty-five prominent museums worldwide, Larry Dinkin is eminently qualified to write this book. In 154 selected paintings and illustrations, the reader is shown the artistic decisions made along the way -- and why -- as the paintings are developed from beginning to end. This book illustrates how paintings are "built" from the initial vision to the finished work. It delves into creative strategies, both instinctive and intellectual, and illustrates creative concepts that allow painters to build their own unique art.How can one come to understand the creative artistic process? You can explore creativity in general or follow a particular creative path in depth. This book takes the latter approach: it will take you on a visual journey along Dinkin’s artistic path. As reflected in the three images on the cover of this book, his path went from figurative to landscape to his present body of work, abstract painting. By seeing the many decisions made – from initial vision to the finished work – you will come to understand the logic and get a sense, of the creative process. Few books have literally illustrated the creative process with the level of detail you will find in this book. This approach offers the reader a whole other dimension of understanding. More than just illustrating various strategies and techniques, this book will allow you to explore the creative spirit that energized Dinkin’s vision. This journey is a lot like following a filmmaker from concept to scripting, casting, filming, and editing. Although one would make their own unique film, they would have learned a great deal by seeing how a film is made. Dinkin endeavored to demystify the creatio