Tag: minimalist painting techniques

Simplicity looks easy until you try to master it. Piet Mondrian did what most artists spend lifetimes chasing, he made simplicity profound. Born in the Netherlands in 1872, Mondrian began like many others, painting trees, fields, and quiet horizons. But somewhere along the way, he stopped chasing what he saw and started painting what he felt. His journey from representational landscapes to pure abstraction wasn’t just about changing styles, it was about redefining what art could even be. Mondrian believed that beneath all the chaos of life was a hidden order.…