To abstract is to draw out
the essence of a matter.
To abstract in art
is to separate certain fundamentals
from irrelevant material
which surrounds them.
– Ben Shahn
I’m sometimes a little annoyed about the confusion between abstract art (based on real objects, simplifying, reducing and changing them) and non-representational art (not based on objects). Logically, you cannot abstract (lit.: take away), if you don’t start with something to abstract from.
Now, Bertie here is doubly abstract and proud of it: he’s an abstraction of dogginess in the first place, and now he’s been reduced to monochrome triangles. After pondering the matter from various angles, he seems quite happy, and has settled down for a little nap.
Stray Thoughts 
Bertie is very wise ! 🙂
Roof-woof, tail-wag.
I think I might want a fillip following abstraction…all that effort, it’s just too,too much. 😉
Try the cutest socks in the world.
Bertie, in no matter what mood, blue, green, pink, yellow or brown, has a well-rounded and obvious personality.
Arrrwwwoof, woof, woof! Wag, wag.