This is the first thought I have when I see Double Bed, a recent painting by the artist Catherine Murphy, during a December ...

By removing all but the most essential elements in an abstract painting, Mondrian demonstrated something ... Indeed, wherever our team looked at trees in great artwork, such as Klimt’s “Tree of Life” ...

Piet Mondrian painted the same tree in "The gray tree" (left) and "Blooming apple tree" (right). Viewers can readily discern the tree in "The gray tree" with a branch diameter scaling exponent of 2.8.