North, Non-Objective, is the point on the compass furthest removed from recognizable subject matter. Many pieces under North may remind the viewer of something familiar, leading them to believe the work is an abstraction of that subject, but that was not the intention. It is similar to seeing an image in an inkblot: the viewer may recognize something, but the association comes from their own perception rather than the artist intentionally depicting it.

The defining difference between Non-Objective and other forms of abstraction is the starting point. Non-Objective, sometimes called pure abstraction, does not begin with subject matter from the real world and then alter it through color, shape, or line. Hard Line and Soft Line can both move toward Non-Objective as recognizable subject matter becomes increasingly distorted, but Non-Objective begins without that recognizable source in the first place.

The work under North has one primary goal: to create art and allow it to simply be.