Untitled (Abstraction) 1948

Here we have an untitled abstract drawing by Richard Diebenkorn, made using dark, gestural marks on paper. Look at these lines—how they intersect and overlap. You can imagine Diebenkorn moving quickly, almost impulsively. There’s an energy here, a sense of the artist working through something, maybe a feeling, or an idea. The texture isn't about a build-up of paint, but rather the scratch of the material against the paper, capturing a moment of thought, like a visual record of a fleeting idea. Diebenkorn’s work, like many of us painters, is about the act of searching. A process of continuous exchange. What is so amazing about art, is that it allows different interpretations and meanings. The way you see and experience this drawing might be completely different from how I, or even Diebenkorn himself, saw it.