Painting is just another way of keeping a diary ~Pablo Picasso

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Piet Mondrain, Revisited

Tableau I
Piet Mondrain  1921
Absolutely gorgeous weather here in Washington today.  It started out inspiringly foggy and ended up beautifully warm and sunny.  Bill and I were out for a Sunday drive and hike through the gorge, and happened upon a fun antique/junk store in Carson, Washington.  I think it was called a Trading Post.  Maybe because I had just blogged about Mondrain, the colorfully arranged glass jars in their geometric boxes brought his images to mind.  So, here's my version of his later works, along with a reposting of Tableau I from yesterday.  I have to say, I don't know much about the development of his Neoplasticism style (beyond what I've read on Wiki), and I suppose he's just looking to achieve interesting balance, but I like to imagine that he has looked at a landscape scene and reduced it to rectangles, shades of white, and dominant primary colors. If this were the case, then I'd love to see a picture of what his abstract paintings are representing. That would be interesting to me!

4 comments:

Linda W. said...

Carson has the best brewpub! Next time you're there, try Backwoods.

John "By Stargoose And Hanglands" said...

I really like this four-square composition. Maybe Mondrian was inspired by glass jars on a shelf - why not?

TexWisGirl said...

that's a good one!

Sketchbook Wandering said...

I love how studying art, especially in museums affects how & what I see in the world out there.