IDM – #245 2016

Joseph Pace made this painting "IDM – #245" with what looks like acrylic, and maybe some mixed media. I love the energetic gesture marks and juicy color palette: orange, black, pink, green, and purple. I imagine Pace in the act of painting itself—shifting, layering, and emerging through trial, error, and intuition. It makes me want to reach out and touch it, to feel the physicality of the medium. The paint looks quite thin, doesn't it? How these elements shape our experience of the painting contributes so much to the emotional and intellectual resonances of the work. Those black lines cutting and flowing across the surface – it's like a heartbeat. All artists are in an ongoing conversation across time, inspiring one another's creativity. Painting is a form of expression which embraces ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations.