This is a new section of my website that I hope you will enjoy. My Customers, Clients, and Friends are always saying how they are starving for quality content on Art. They want an insight on where art is today, the direction Art is going, the influences who have impacted the Art world, and where our practices came from.

The Featured Artist of Art-Icles is Lynne Taetzsch.

• Defining Abstract Art - "Abstract art" has many meanings, depending on the context in which you define it. You can look at it historically, tracing its use in movements such as the New York "abstract expressionists" of the 40s and 50s. Or you can enter the search term in Google and see how the term is used today. Other related terms are "modern," and "contemporary."
  
  
• How to Understand Abstract Art - How to understand and appreciate art that has no recognizable subject matter. Elements the artist uses to create energy, emotion and meaning in abstract or "modern" art.
  
  
• How to Paint Abstract Art - If you’ve always wanted to make an abstract painting but didn’t know where to begin, here are several ideas to get you started. How to move from realism to abstraction, express your emotions, and utilize music to facilitate the process of making abstract art.
  
  
• Seeing through the Eyes of an Artist - Visual artists pay more attention to the sights around them than most people. They mentally compose a landscape, a portrait, or an abstract composition as they wander through the world. You, too, can learn to see more in your surroundings by paying attention, and thus enrich your visual world.
  
  
• How to Select Art for Your Home - Where to find fine art iin your community and on the internet; how to select art that will complement your home decor utilizing color, size and style; how to exhibit are in your home to show it off to its best advantage.