Sun Castle 1979

Ronnie Landfield gave us this gorgeous yellow to orange gradient painting, "Sun Castle," and you can just imagine him pouring and staining the canvas, letting those colors bleed together. I'm always curious about an artist’s process and what they were thinking when they made something. I bet Ronnie was thinking about Helen Frankenthaler, or maybe even Turner—about color and light and how they can create a mood, a feeling. The way the colors blend and merge reminds me of the landscape, like a hazy sunset or a field of wheat. But it’s also very much about the paint itself, about the surface and texture. Look at how the colors drip down the canvas, creating these delicate, feathery edges. That gesture is everything! I see Ronnie experimenting with the possibilities of paint, pushing the limits of what it can do. Painting is a conversation, an ongoing exchange of ideas across time.