Abstract Painting, A Practical Approach - Paperback

by Hennie Reimer (Author)

While many art how-to books offer explicit step-by-step instructions, Abstract Painting: A Practical Approach uses a less stringent strategy to teach you how to paint, which not only leaves ample room for your own creativity but also frees you to have plenty of fun with the process.

Priming the canvas with a brief philosophy of art and overview of colors and the ways they relate, author and lifelong artist Hennie Reimer then invites you on a journey of observation and experimentation. As she presents different techniques and styles that are available, she shares examples from her own work to illustrate how a certain idea paired with a particular approach may appear in its final painted form. But this is only one possibility and rather than just copy it, she encourages you to discover your unique version.

Tucked among the techniques and theories, Reimer recounts humorous anecdotes about life as a painter to keep you engaged and remind you that art is an adventure to be enjoyed.

Are you ready to sidestep formulas and search the depths of your own creativity?

Author Biography

Hennie Reimer has been drawing since childhood. While still a teen, she studied with Thorvald Petersen in Odense Teknikum, Denmark, and with Kunst Haandvaerker Skolen in Copenhagen. She went on to earn an MFA in painting and drawing from State University of New York at Buffalo and has taken additional courses in printmaking, calligraphy, and airbrush techniques from various universities and artists.

From 1977 to 1983 Reimer taught as an associate professor of painting and drawing at Siena Heights University (then College). And from 1974 to 2005 she has exhibited her work in numerous galleries and art centers both nationally and internationally. Married to Borge Reimer, the couple has a daughter and son, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Find out more at her website: http: //henniereimerwebsite.com/.