Mark Rothko and Seeing

Mark Rothko, 1952

According to Kit White, "art studies the world, in all its manifestations, and renders back to us not simply how we see, but how we react to what we see and what we know as a consequence of that seeing."  I believe this applies to even abstract and non-representational artwork, like the work of Mark Rothko (see picture).  I have looked at a numerous amount of his pictures and I see nature throughout.  Not always the pleasant parts of nature, but the storms and blackness.  Color in and of itself, evokes a certain feeling.  Rothko was a master of color, and he could put colors together that communicate a certain feeling.  Enjoy!