May 10, 2002

Confessions of an Abstract Painter

By LAURIE FENDRICH

My nephew Alex, a college junior majoring in zoology, is one of those nice kids who's tried his hand at drawing once or twice but doesn't know much about art. Harboring romantic notions about artists, he thinks they are special people, distinguished from the rest of humanity by having mysterious talents and vision. Recently, he asked me what I think about when I paint my abstract paintings. I was utterly nonplussed. I knew he was expecting me to talk about "creativity" and "feelings," two

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