This movement came about during the 1940’s in a rebellious effort to create non-conformist, non-representational art derived directly from the creative DNA of the artist. R.A.E. ( Raw Abstraction Expressive) art attempts to throw out all preconceived academic art notions. The ultimate goal here is to create directly and spontaneously from the soul without any man-made influences or constraints. My challenge when creating within this art classification is to make art purely from the gut, and not from art knowledge, – and to maintain full trust in the process.