(More) Acrylic and Gouache Paintings on canvas (in no particular grouping) [Theater Berlin is going to become a series]

acrylic paintings, gouache painting
Berlin Wall, 17 x 19

Berlin Wall, 17 x 19

Going on Thirteen, 17 x 14

Going on Thirteen, 17 x 14

School Days, 32 x 26

School Days, 32 x 26

"Planet X"   22 x 23

“Planet X” 22 x 23

Street Post   28 x 16

Street Post 28 x 16

Theater Berlin   27 x 27

Theater Berlin 27 x 27

Carry On,  21 x 18

Carry On, 21 x 18

Earth Tones  17 x 16

Earth Tones 17 x 16

Abstract art = wallpaper

abstract art, acrylic paintings, contemporary art

Abstract art was revolutionary a century ago… but what about now?

Sorry, but I see it this way: abstract art = designers’ showcase. Easy on the eyes, easy on the color scheme of the room. I flunked out as an art major in college because I refused to do any abstract. I’m sure my professors meant well. (I dropped painting and became a writer instead.)

Now that I’ve started painting again, I keep some store-bought canvases (I usually stretch my own) as my garbage bins. Whenever I have some excess paint on my brush, I smear the garbage bin canvas with it.

Some results: (One is inadvertently figurative, eh?)

Gutelius, Left Over, acylic on canvas, 24 x 24 jpgGutelius, Superstore Pastoral Landscape, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24Gutelius, Supermarket tic tac, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24