Minimalist Painting

This piece of minimal art is in watercolour - it is simple but engaging. The colour is the first connection then the few small but important shapes triggering the imagination. The colour of the ochres produce the mood, then the shapes set the scale together giving the belief of space and aloofness.

Normally minimal art like any abstract art makes the viewer  decide what the painting is about, they make quite rightly their own interpretations. That is far more powerful than representational paintings where all is explained by the image and the viewer has nothing to hold them.

Tranquility and serenity are two words to associate with this minimal art. Colour intensities are used to enable the viewer to appreciate the complete painting without the interruption of anything brash and distracting. One or two partly hidden shapes such as the ladder are found, they lend a hand to the interpretation.

Minimal art should appear simple, but it is not easy to create and this example uses a limited geometric design to emphasise broad space. The paiting is large too, large enough to enable the viewer to step inside.