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Abstract Paintings available to purchase
Welcome to the official website for contemporary British artist Keith Garrow. Click on any of the paintings on this page to visit the Online Art Gallery, displaying all of Keith Garrow's recent abstract paintings.
Click on either of the
abstract paintings above to go to the Online Art Gallery page.
The 'Online Art Gallery'
pages show a
range
of abstract paintings dating from 2003 onwards. All
the paintings are created
using
oil paint on stretched cotton canvas.
All paintings shown
in the Online Art Gallery pages are for sale unless otherwise stated.
Buying art is easy - payment is simple and the paintings will be shipped straight to your door, wherever you live. Please go to the 'Sales Information' page for details of how to purchase your own original and unique artworks. When purchasing art through this website you will be saving on gallery commission and getting the best price possible, because you are dealing direct with the artist to obtain your abstract art.
Buying art is easy - payment is simple and the paintings will be shipped straight to your door, wherever you live. Please go to the 'Sales Information' page for details of how to purchase your own original and unique artworks. When purchasing art through this website you will be saving on gallery commission and getting the best price possible, because you are dealing direct with the artist to obtain your abstract art.
Keith
Garrow studied painting for four years and graduated in Fine Art in
1987. He has been developing his particular style of
abstract art since then. Having been influenced
by
the American Abstract Expressionists, Keith
Garrow views painting primarily as a means of self
expression. The
expressive process of creating each painting is as important to the
artist as the finished artwork itself.
While all the paintings are abstract, ambiguous shapes and forms are visible in the abstract composition, which are suggestive of different things to different people. These abstract paintings are ones in which the viewer can perceive different things each time they look at the paintings. For more information on Keith Garrow's approach to abstract art, click on the 'About The Artist' link.
While all the paintings are abstract, ambiguous shapes and forms are visible in the abstract composition, which are suggestive of different things to different people. These abstract paintings are ones in which the viewer can perceive different things each time they look at the paintings. For more information on Keith Garrow's approach to abstract art, click on the 'About The Artist' link.
If
you would like to ask any questions or require
further information
on the paintings in the Online Art Gallery, or if you wish
to make a comment regarding the website, please go to
the
'Contact' page.
“Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the song of a bird? …people who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree.”
-Pablo Picasso
What Picasso says about understanding art is very relevant to how we approach abstract paintings. Many people think that abstract paintings must have a specific meaning of some sort, which could be clearly understood and articulated if only they knew how. This misconception is not helped by the endless supply of people prepared to spout nonsense about what they think the artist was trying to say. The almost inevitable consequence of this situation is that people can either feel as though they are being excluded from sharing in some secret knowledge, or alternatively conclude that abstract painting is in fact all a sham. Either way, the result is that many people do not feel well-disposed towards modern art or abstract paintings.
I certainly identify with Picasso's remark as far as my own paintings are concerned. If I had a specific message or a meaning that I could articulate in words, then I would articulate it in words – the painting would have no purpose. The whole point of creating an abstract painting is that it embodies something that only it can, in a way that cannot be put into words. It is not an essay it is a painting – it encompasses and expresses things in a language that is unique to the medium of paint. That is why we should not try to ‘understand’ abstract paintings in the way people sometimes feel they ought to be able to.
Read the rest of this essay here...
Understanding Abstract Painting
Some Thoughts on Approaching Abstract Art“Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the song of a bird? …people who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree.”
-Pablo Picasso
What Picasso says about understanding art is very relevant to how we approach abstract paintings. Many people think that abstract paintings must have a specific meaning of some sort, which could be clearly understood and articulated if only they knew how. This misconception is not helped by the endless supply of people prepared to spout nonsense about what they think the artist was trying to say. The almost inevitable consequence of this situation is that people can either feel as though they are being excluded from sharing in some secret knowledge, or alternatively conclude that abstract painting is in fact all a sham. Either way, the result is that many people do not feel well-disposed towards modern art or abstract paintings.
I certainly identify with Picasso's remark as far as my own paintings are concerned. If I had a specific message or a meaning that I could articulate in words, then I would articulate it in words – the painting would have no purpose. The whole point of creating an abstract painting is that it embodies something that only it can, in a way that cannot be put into words. It is not an essay it is a painting – it encompasses and expresses things in a language that is unique to the medium of paint. That is why we should not try to ‘understand’ abstract paintings in the way people sometimes feel they ought to be able to.
Read the rest of this essay here...
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images are copyright of Keith Garrow. They may not be
downloaded,
modified, altered or sold without the express written permission of the
artist.