Visual Art, what's it for? Decoration? Maybe, if we're lucky, to remind us how things seemed to us when we were children, -new, vivid, and truly astonishing. It's about renewal, learning to see again in the grinding everyday world. 'Familiarity breeds contempt', the saying goes, -unfamiliar perspectives regenerate our sense of beauty... The great thing about abstracts is that the final act of interpretation lies with the viewer, creating a very personal relationship with the image based on their emotional state. And they do look good on a wall...more
