Most of Morris Louis' work is characterized by a canvas painted entirely by large areas on one particular solid color. This type of monochrome or meditative art is also seen in works by Robert Ryman. Many of the works of Robert Ryman are characterized y brush strokes of all white or off-white colors painted on square canvas or metal surfaces. Both of these artist demonstrated abstract expressionism through the use of one solid color within their paintings.

             Jasper Johns did not focus too much on only one color, but his paintings only contained the use of a few colors. He is described as a Neo-Dadaist artist who means that his works were paintings of simple schema such as flags, maps, targets, letters and numbers. He was also popular for using such media as encaustic, which is a wax-based paint. .

             The second generation of abstract expressionist influences my painting because of the simplistic use of only a few colors to express emotion. Through the use of a few colors and brush strokes, expressions of emotions are brought forth. I believe that it is very interesting to express oneself in a simplistic manner, and artist of this generation demonstrated that this can be done.

             Chapter 3.

             Chapter three discussed the Pop Art Movement. Three prominent artists of the Pop Art movement are Andy Warhol, Edward Ruscha and Marisol.

             Andy Warhol was a commercial illustrator in New York. He completed a lot of art work for magazines and ads. This led him into creating silk screen paintings of Coke bottles and Campbell Soup cans. Andy Warhol was known as the leader of the Pop Art movement because his work became so popular. He had a very positive attitude towards his artwork. Be believed that "everyone will be famous for at least 15 minutes". .

             Edward Ruscha was another Pop Artist. His paintings incorporated words and phrases and had extreme use of lighting and shadowing. Many of Andy Warhol's pieces inspired him.