Interpretations of Lee Krasner's Blue Stone

Watered Rocks I, watercolor, copyright Nina Leung, 2014

 Doing this project reminded me of how fun and freeing it is to just let go and paint. While painting, I thought of Lee Krasner and her life on Long Island with Pollack, being out in the countryside, exploring, finding inspiration in simple things.

Watered Rocks II, watercolor, copyright Nina Leung, 2014

Watered Rocks III, watercolor, copyright Nina Leung, 2014

Watered Rocks IV, watercolor, copyright Nina Leung, 2014

Living in Lee Krasner's Blue Stone

Living in Lee Krasner's Blue Stone by ninamleung featuring iron candlesticks

Blue tableware / Hermès napkin ring / Garnier Thiebaut french napkin / Blue Pine Needle Cast Iron Tea Set / Canvas polka dot dinnerware / Carlisle Placemat 33x48cm, $6.65 / Iron candlestick, $165 / Desico blue candle, $1.92 / Noir 3 leg table / Kravet blue chair

Dressing in Lee Krasner's Blue Stone

Dressing in Lee Krasner's Blue Stone by ninamleung showing how to wear gray jeans

Jaeger cashmere sweater, $300 / Moncler coat / IRO gray jeans / Tila March wedge bootie / Prada nylon bag / Adidas Originals blue jewelry / Daisy Fuentes black plastic sunglasses / Illamasqua lip gloss, $24 / Nail polish / Clinique Happy

It must be the title of Lee 
Krasner's painting that inspired me to do a cold weather ensemble. 
The jeans definitely evoke Blue 
Stone, all muddled and messy. 

Travelling in Blue Stone

If Lee Krasner's Blue Stone were a place, it would be......

Macau!

Macau is a jumble of cultures and buildings with everything built organically. It seems that city planning was not a priority! It reminds me of Blue Stone because it's a mess of architecture, plant life, hanging laundry, and, now, casinos. The city was built and created as peoples' needs came about; it was automatic, a gesture. I see that as a comparison to Krasner's abstract expressionist work, automatic and gestural.

Lee Krasner's Blue Stone

Ipad rendering of Lee Krasner's Blue Stone

Lee Krasner is so amazing. She was a strong woman who had a turbulent marriage with the powerful artist, Jackson Pollock and she didn't let that take over her work. Of course she was very influenced by her husband, but her work is still very individual and all her own. A true Abstract Expressionist, Krasner's gestural works are so dramatic and emotional. She worked in paint, on paper, and with collage. The above piece is a lithograph.