Think Draw - Picture - What (clearly unloved) painting is this?

Title: What (clearly unloved) painting is this?
created on 22 Jan 09

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1. Qsilv wrote: ...pff... 5 votes but no guesses?? Wow! ok, hint-- it was not of flowers, I just used them to interpret it.
2. pollyesther wrote: whatever it is, it's very beautiful=)and i love it
3. Qsilv wrote: hint 2-- it's by an 'abstract expressionist' (and yep, lol I love it!)
4. lizmeister wrote: ooohhh, this is nice! Don't know who the artist is tho...
5. Qsilv wrote: a pretty important one for the era, actually - and the original just glows with transparent color
6. lynnspotter wrote: NOT unloved! Just having a hard time finding this! Is it Butterfly Nebula by Miles Constable?
7. Qsilv wrote: -yay! (No, not Miles Constable, tho HE turns out to be an interesting find!) -but A: at least you guys aren't all turned off by this, and B: I've actually stumped you for a while - lol
8. lynnspotter wrote: I'm going cross~eyed looking at abstract expressionist!! I think I need ANOTHER hint!
9. lynnspotter wrote: I really like your pic, and want to see the painting that matches it!!
10. Qsilv wrote: 'k... hmm.. same era as No. 9 (a bit newer, 10 years or so)
11. Luna wrote: Paul Jenkins, Water and Color?
12. Login wrote: Whatever it is, it's an eyecatcher.
13. Harley wrote: My uncle bought a Jenkins for my aunt if she stopped smoking, this is gorgeous!
14. Qsilv wrote: I do love Jenkins - tho this is not one of his. You guys are getting close! I suspect this artist would have become part of the American Lyrical Abstract movement, but he died a little too soon.
15. Luna wrote: This isn't it but isn't it lovely? http://www.enchgallery.com/ fractals/fractal%20images/abstract-e xpressionism.jpg
16. Qsilv wrote: --yesss! (smiling) stained glass meets tie-dye meets Mandelbrot? ...and it really belongs on tissue/rice paper. Actually the whole fractal-gallery page is entrancing. Thankyou for it!
17. Qsilv wrote: ..BUT... two weeks and y'all are still stumped?! (It's in the Hirschhorn... )
18. Luna wrote: ...still looking....
19. Luna wrote: Another clue???
20. Luna wrote: Still waiting for another clue....
21. Qsilv wrote: uh oh.... 2 months ..and you want more than the Hirschhorn?? (thinking...) any more will be a total give away... wait.. wait... maaaaybe... "veils"!
22. lynnspotter wrote: I haven't looked for awhile, but I GOT IT!!! Point of Tranquility by Morris Louis. It is very pretty!
23. Qsilv wrote: yesssssssssssssss!!!! (23 Apr, AND it looks like you scooped Luna on this one) He's one of my all-time-forever-favorites, and it's my absolute favorite of his works.
24. Qsilv wrote: It's important to note that a lot of the images you can find thru a google search look muddy ---his work NEVER does. Even his darker pieces are gleam like layered jewels.
25. Qsilv wrote: (- are)
26. Chrissyjoy wrote: What a comparison between your version and the original by Morris! Suddenly I see the world as you see it. I'm colourblind and the original has so much brown in it with my eyes yet I look at your picture and realise there are no browns, it's just how my e
27. Chrissyjoy wrote: .eyes see it. I've always wondered how I've been unable to see poppies dotted in a field or little red flowers in the bushes, they must become brown in my eyes because of the surrounding colours. Thank you for showing me how you must see this painting and
28. Chrissyjoy wrote: for helping me to understand...