Painting as Process and Result

The author reviews both the historical contribution of abstract expressionism in which the technique of action painting is employed and visual perception as it applies to a basic appreciation of nonfigurative art. This is followed by a discussion of his paintings in which he combines the traditions and techniques of American abstract expressionism and Byzantine and Russian iconography using a combination of action painting and precise brushwork. The author associates his paintings with ‘polyvariant’ musical compositions and compares the appreciation of paintings to that of music.