Abstract Artists and Their Differing Styles

Abstract Artists - Non-conformists!

The works of an abstract artist is usually made of shapes, lines, and colors. Each work contains a certain texture or mood that the artist wishes to portray and which the viewer can interpret in many ways. Abstract artworks are usually provocative and require certain amounts of concentration for the audience to fully grasp the meaning of their compositions.

Many artists developed different styles of abstraction. Sir Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin is one example. He started his art career when he was very young but he only started to venture out in abstract art in the early 1970s with his more spontaneous artworks. Many people call his abstractions as "semi-abstracts".

Another important name in United Kingdom abstract art world is Patrick Heron - painter, printmaker, and critic. His major influences were Braque and Matisse. Because his artworks do focus on lines and planes but still retain some figurative element, it was apparent that he never aimed for pure abstraction.

Bridget Riley is also one of the best artists in the abstract art movement in the United Kingdom. She was known for her idiosyncratic, optically brilliant paintings and artworks, which were more popularly known as "Optical Art" or "Op Art." They were lively black-and-white paintings that were designed in a certain manner to create optical illusions. As you move your eyes all over the paintings, you will momentary see images or dots that were not really there.