Microchromie 71, ZL Fushia 1971

Fernand Leduc made this field of fuchsia, likely with oils or acrylics, without any obvious brushstrokes. It’s all about the surface, the feel of that colour. It’s not just flat, it’s got this depth, this slight undulation that makes you want to reach out and touch it. You can almost feel the give of the canvas beneath. Look closely and you will see tiny variations, the subtle shifts in hue, as if the colour itself is breathing. It makes me think of Ad Reinhardt, another painter obsessed with colour and surface. There's a risk you run as an artist to be so totally taken by a singular gesture, what can you do with it? Well, it's a start. And that's what art is, right? Just a series of trying this, trying that, and seeing where it takes you. It's less about the answer, and more about being committed to the question.