Light and Wood
Anger Cedes to Art
“Light, Wood, Rock,” 1965, 2025 50”x50” Oil on linen with driftwood and granite rock
I was going to write a disquisition on anger, intimacy and art. But tonight I am tired, satisfied with the American Election results and considering what this assemblage represents to me.
The painting was my first breakthrough as a young artist, part of a series I proclaimed was about seeing and painting the pure color of light. Not air. But the essence of light that makes color. For a while, I went into an ecstatic frenzy of these paintings.