Find that signature painting – the one that starts the conversation – by enjoying a cup of coffee while taking in the calming abstract images of Paula Lay inside at The Dienger Trading Company in Boerne or by visiting Helotes Art Gallery and Bob Lombardi’s body of abstract impressionistic works.
You have probably heard it said that a lot of modern art looks like it was created by a kindergartner. No doubt the speaker had in mind Abstract Expressionism, the style of painting that dominated the art world from World War II until the 1960s.
The Abstract Impressionists did not intend to create recognizable images of the world around us. Their canvasses were to reflect their own struggle to find meaning in the act of painting in a world where a camera could show what things actually looked like.
