Decisions in Abstract Painting , introduces a clear, practical framework for creating and assessing non-representational paintings with confidence. Illustrated with over 60 paintings and visual examples, the book focuses not on style, technique, or personal expression, but on a problem many painters face in the studio: how to judge what a painting needs—and when it needs it.
At the core of the book is a simple but persistent question artists ask throughout the painting process:
Should I add? Should I subtract? Or should I stop?
This book reframes moments of uncertainty as decision points that can be examined, evaluated, and improved. Through a structured approach known as the Four Lenses Framework, painters learn how to step back from their work, assess it more objectively, and recognize what is strengthening—or weakening—the painting before it becomes overworked or abandoned.
Written for practicing abstract artists Decisions in Abstract Painting is not a step-by-step painting manual. Instead, it presents a decision-based framework for assessing and developing abstract paintings—one that, over time, becomes a way of thinking and seeing in the studio.
Whether you are struggling to finish paintings, unsure how to evaluate your progress, or looking for a reliable way to move from exploration to resolution, this book offers a disciplined yet flexible framework to support better decision-making in the studio.

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Can Representational Painters Benefit from Decisions in Abstract Painting? 

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Absolutely !  While Decisions in Abstract Painting is focused on non-representational art, the decision-making framework at its core applies to all serious painters. Every painting — whether abstract, landscape, figurative, or still life — ultimately succeeds or fails based on structure, value relationships, focus, and mark-making.

The Four-Lens Framework offers representational painters a powerful diagnostic tool that strengthens not only what is painted, but how decisions are made throughout the process.

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