Abstract art in recent years is one of the
most popular forms of art. The popularity can be attributed to the self-expression
of the artist in their work which is not only understood by them but also by
the viewer, who connects to it very well.
One of the American abstract expressionist painters
was Paul Jenkins who recently passed away was a great artist. Words can’t
describe it but his works says it all. He mainly played around with the primary
colours red, yellow and blue and from that created various abstract painting which
represents the spirit, vitality, and invention of post-World War II American
abstraction.
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| Paul Jenkins |
The style of his works was very unorthodox.
He poured the colours on a stretched canvas and let the paint bleed and create
a form, but he was very traditional in the means he used.
He generally used acrylic on canvas or
watercolour on paper. He in his owned words was an ‘abstract
phenoomenist ’ and around 1960’s he started to name his
works as phenomena followed by a name.
He continued to paint till he died
recently. His works are exhibited internationally in museums which are very
well received and appreciated by the viewers. Some of the paintings of his
after 1960’s which he started naming with the word phenomena at the start.
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| Phenomena Cave of the Prism Wind (1986) |
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| Phenomena Elliptical Reckoning (2007) |
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| Phenomena Ever Near Tibet (2009) |
His works are indeed phenomenal.
reference: http://www.pauljenkins.net/bio/link.html
