Abstract Paintings

In my experience, most people who like figurative artwork don't strike me as fans of abstract art. As an artist, though, I love both. And both are demanding in different ways! With figurative, you're going to have to perform well, drawing the figures and objects nicely, and then painting them as faithfully as possible! But abstract? There's no structure whatsoever. Most of the work must be done with colour and shapes, composition and pure imagination. So, when I get too much of structure, I look for abstraction... and vice versa!