Study 1965

Mavis Pusey made this Lithograph "Study" back in '65. It’s all about shapes, isn't it? Strong ones! I wonder, when she put these shapes down, if she was even thinking about them, or if they just appeared, shifting and emerging through intuition. She’s not trying to trick us into seeing something real, or is she? I sympathize with Pusey, imagining what it might have been like to create these blocks. Look at that leaning maroon '7'. The blacks are like girders holding up a building. I keep thinking about construction, how these elements shape our experience and contribute to the emotional and intellectual resonances of the work. It's like a dance of form and feeling, intentional yet open to interpretation. Pusey, like all artists, is in an ongoing conversation with the history of painting, with its endless possibilities for expression and innovation. It’s an embodied expression, an embrace of ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple readings.