Hunt Rendezvois 1992

LeRoy Neiman made this painting, Hunt Rendezvous, with sweeping gestural marks and a cool palette, and I can just imagine him in his studio, layering on the paint with a kind of frenzied energy! I love how the colors kinda vibrate against each other, like, are those people or just strokes of paint that trick us into seeing a crowd of people on horseback? I can imagine Neiman layering the colors, maybe wiping them away and then building them back up again. It reminds me a little bit of how Joan Mitchell used color to create a sense of space and movement. See that slash of red over there? It’s like he’s saying, “Here! Look at this!” It’s kind of bold and playful, and it makes me think about how artists are always riffing off each other, borrowing ideas, and pushing the boundaries of what painting can do. It's a reminder that painting is a conversation, an exchange of ideas across time.