... his later work were so similar and simplistic gives the impression that he was over doing his initial idea, although his first idea was original if not unique. I prefer some of his earlier work that included "Woods" and "At work/On the land" because although they were still abstract, the qualities that I look for in a painting were more obvious. I expect abstract art to be within certain boundaries, I don't think half a pickled cow or an empty gallery with labels where the paintings should be can be called art. I think abstract should show creativity and original ideas but some artists have just gone a little to far with what you can get away with calling art. Laurence Harris 02/05/2007 ...

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