Work in progress: Petra’s painting

More of my abstract painting for my friend Petra, who requested the colors red, yellow and orange.

Petra’s painting, in progress, by M.K. Hajdin

Artwork of the Day: Helen Frankenthaler

A Green Thought In A Green Shade by Helen Frankenthaler, 1981

The only rule is that there are no rules. Anything is possible.

Here’s more about Helen Frankenthaler and her life.

 

Frankenthaler denied being a feminist, but succeeding in a overwhelmingly androcentric art world is certainly a feminist act.  Perhaps she, like an unfortunate many women today,  wanted to avoid the inevitable backlash that results when any woman identifies herself as feminist.