Tondo
VI
Oil on Wood (28" diameter)
This is the last
in a series of round paintings -- in them forms are interlocked
with attention to the flow of color and free-formed "bridge passages" to
connect them. The painting is meant to flow like a piece of music,
with statements of shapes as themes, then developed sections in
which these themes-shapes vary, and then recapitulate
to take the form of echoes of the original shapes. Note for instance
the red bars at the bottom of the composition echoed with variation by
the greenish blue bars on the left. This is a painting of variations,
counterpoint, and development: hard outlines alternating with soft organic
forms. The whole work is a kind of visual music.
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