Etchings

From a quick search of etchings on Google Images, I found this particular one by Anders Zorn really attracted me. The sense of depth in the portrait, with an emphasis on lighting, is masterful. Also, I like the way the artist's lines manage to be so expressive. The chopped, dissonant hatching-- almost scribble like--  brings a dark mood to the artwork. The picture is beyond realism in the sense of photograph perfectness:  it captures a scene with an emotional lense.

Nils Frahm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIwwjy4slI8
The above link is to a music video by Nils Frahm, which in my opinion is both visually and orally a good example of abstract. The monochrome rain-like drops come down at first in tiny impressions but eventually in dramatic, bold washes that mark the building progression of the song. It reminds me of painting--specifically watercolors--the way the fluid continually falls and leaves marks yet is always added to and changed, it's constant yet ephemeral, simple yet profound. It's like a painting in motion.