(Conversation between , Victoria Chapman and Los Angeles based artist, Shane Guffogg continues)

VC: Have you ever thought about who created the first abstract painting and why? To me, abstract painting represents something cerebral. The colors often portray a significant role, which then guide our emotions to think or feel a certain way. In some cases, there is an interweaving of borders that are made of divisions of colors or shades of non-color. It can be a type of landscape waiting to be discovered or a junction willing to begin a new path. I often wonder, how does this come about? I asked Shane and he answered me by explaining,

Shane Guffogg: “Wassily Kandinsky was known to be the first abstract painter, If you really think about what abstraction is and break down the word abstraction, it means, something pulled or drawn away. That is exactly what J.M.W. Turner (1775- 1851), did; he abstracted moments in time.”