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reference genres - a very rough guide......
DRIP & SCRAPE
Ref: Pollock, Richter.
COLOUR FIELDS
Ref: Rothko, Louis.
DESERT LANDSCAPE
Ref: Michael Andrews, Ayers Rock.
GREEN ETHOS
Environmental values, sustainable materials. Ref: Caroline B, Rousseau
FLORAL
OKeefe
SURREALISM
Ref: Magritte, Dali, Ernst.
BOTANICAL DRAWINGS
19thC prints and drawings
COMIC ART
Lichtenstein, Stan Lee, Manga.
DRIFTWOOD
Object Trouve
ISLAMIC GEOMETRY
Ceramics.
STILL LIFE
EAST WEST FUSION
Ref: Stahl
POST MODERN GRUNGE
Ref: Basquiat
COLLAGE
Schwitters, Rauschenberg
FORM
Ref: Hepworth, Moore.
ASIAN CONTEMPORARY
DECADENCE
Opulence and decadence overload. Ref: Klimt, Art Nouveau.
TEMPERATE LANDSCAPE
Ref: Hockney, Diebenkorn
INTERIORS
Reflective, calm. Ref: Hopper
COAST
Ref: Diebenkorn, Monet.
POP ART
Ref: Warhol, Rauschenberg, Oldenberg.
POST MODERN POP
Ref: PhotoRealism, Koons.
BRITISH COOL
Zen, calm, repose. Ref: Coldstream, British 1940 to present
FOLK + TRIBAL
IMPRESSIONIST
Ref: Seurat, Monet.
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