Painting in the abstract for me is when I paint about something that is non-concrete. I may perhaps add a hat tip to something real. A lighthouse, tree, or image that gives some orientation. Like a lighthouse in a painting about chaos in our lives. The painting is about chaos that is threating us – so the message is the abstraction. Art that doesn’t relay a message is either entertainment or decoration. However- the message may not be obvious to all. As for the paintings below, you decide.
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/On-the-Rocks-Acrylic-on-Canvas-by-TSteele-Art-749x1024.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Light-Becomes-Elements-1024x738.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Joy-in-the-Morning-Inkwash-by-T-Steele-Art-1024x738.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Intercession-Watercolor-by-TSteele-Art-698x1024.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/In-the-Stillness-4-Acrylic-by-TSteele-Art-871x1024.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/In-the-Midst-of-the-City-Abstract-Acrylic-by-T-Steele-Art-1024x738.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Mallard-Abstract-Acrylic-on-Paper-by-T-Steele-Art-1024x753.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Bromeliads-Watercolor-by-TSteele-Art-1024x729.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Middle-Earth-Acrylic-by-T-Steele-Art-791x1024.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/In-the-Harbor-Abstract-Acrylic-on-Paper-by-T-Steele-Art-1024x694.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Hope-Breaking-Through-Acrylic-TSteele-Art-1024x770.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Hot-August-Night-Abstract-Graphic-by-T-Steele-Art-1024x819.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/First-LIght-Abstract-Watercolor-on-Rag-Paper-by-T-Steele-Art-1024x819.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Gods-Tears-Watercolor-Crayon-on-Paper-by-TSteele-Art-1024x768.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Evergreens-Abstract-Acrylic-by-T-Steele-Art-1024x714.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Crustacen-Watercolor-by-T-Steele-Art-1024x806.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cellophane-Flowers-Watercolor-by-TSteele-ARt-1024x738.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Angst-Watercolor-by-TSteele-Art-1024x738.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Those-Without-Hope-Acrylic-Watercolor-by-T-Steele-Art-738x1024.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Visitor-Abstract-Watercolor-by-T-STeele-Art-738x1024.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Tumult-art-1024x858.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Tulips-Abstract-Acrylic-on-Paper-by-T-Steele-Art-1024x738.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Conflagration-001-1024x745.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Visitation-755x1024.jpg)
![](https://tsteele.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Reaching-Abstract-Watercolor-Crayon-by-T-Steele-Art-753x1024.jpg)