This is a style of non-representational paintingPainting is the practice of applying paint or other media to a surface, usually with a brush. An art object made using paint (noun). that combines Expressionism with abstraction. An early abstractWhen applied to art, it usually refers to work which is not representational. Abstract art is concerned with ideas that are drawn away from everyday reality and given expression. The artist's starting point is sometimes based on aspects of reality but is often concerned with the depiction of ideas that have no basis in everyday reality. Work that is recognisably drawn from real life is sometimes called ‘semi abstract’. expressionist painter was Wassily Kandinsky, later ones include Mark Rothko (1903-1970) and Willem de Kooning (1904-). Their paintings are typically large and bold, often with unrestrained use of colourChoices of colour and the relationships between colours have a huge influence on how a piece or art or design looks and feels and the emotions it provokes. Colour is made up of different aspects. The most useful terms used to describe these aspects are probably: hue, tone, saturation, complementary, analogous, tint, shade, primary and secondary..