Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but not all are equally well informed. As a result a lot of people may be missing out on a lot of beauty.
There are many people that critique art and have an auto response to abstract art and expressionism.
On one hand I get aggravated. For if they were educated, not meaning stupid, just not well informed. Some of the principles that go into abstract art are what the picture relies on to get it's meaning across. Some misconceptions are that a painting has to look like something. It has to be perceived to be an object. But that is the beauty of expressionism. Feeling. Feeling through color, design and of coarse composition. All of which could be enjoyed by all if they were to drop the outlook that a painting has to look like a photograph.
Just like a good photographer or realism painter, let the artist do the work so the uneducated can enjoy abstract art just as I would enjoy my ignorant compilation of the orchestra.
Break out of that shell! That is what I wish. For can't an abstract painting portray a feeling as does a photograph?
I just had to get this off my back. I enjoy painting abstract work and most peoples first response is...what is that suppose to be? Well look at it!!! What do you feel. Don't rely on your damn visual conception of what something should or should not be!