Darren Daz Cox, now in Pekin Illinois!
Abstract art can be awesome! so can non-objective art!
I refuse to pigeon-hole myself into a genre of art so I make some non-objective art as well as abstract art. To the masses, the two words are one and the same but they mean two different things. Abstract is based on a thing, such as an apple, non-objective is not based on a thing, such as Jackson Pollocks’s drip paintings (he wasn’t painting a ‘thing’ he was painting an idea/feeling/experiment etc).
This first one is non-objective, it isn’t a thing, it’s just an organic flow of lines and color. My brain wants to make it into something like a man or a floating brain or something but it is not intentional, any more than seeing a bunny in the clouds is intentional.
"It’s in your brain" oil and acrylic with markers on canvas board 8 in x 10 in by Darren Daz Cox
Below, is an abstract painting of two people with some apples.
"Abstract Apple Eaters" oil and acrylic on canvas with markers by Darren Daz Cox
Originally posted 2009-11-08 23:02:09. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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November 26th, 2009 at 1:29 am
I feel like an idiot now;I had no idea of the difference between abstract and non-objective art. Good to know. But I do like the fact that you’re not trying to pigeonhole yourself. My professors and I discuss this a lot. It’s great to be a diverse artist! And your art reflects that. Like you said, creativity is a gift.
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December 18th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
The thing that I absolutely love about non-objective art is that it makes your art interactive and on many levels. I find that not only does the impartial observer interpret all sorts of things to make sense of the shapes and colors, but even I as the artist can often see knew things which I did not see at first glance or even intend.
My free-flowing Simian Style art sometimes is wholly non-objective, but at minimum seems to take on a non-objective component.
I really enjoyed seeing some of your non-objective and abstract art. I certainly would never presume to pigeon-hole you and I am glad you don’t pigeon-hole yourself.
You put front and center on this website the concept that an artist allows himself or herself to “be inspired.” You live by that too.
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January 28th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
‘Abstract’ is such a commonly used word these days and I feel that it’s time to reintroduce the term ‘Aesthetics’ to the world of art. I especially enjoy the ‘aesthetic’ of your first image … it makes me want to continue.