Untitled 1969

Ronnie Landfield’s untitled painting is like a playful experiment in color and gesture. The whole piece is bathed in these warm orange hues, like a sunset or a hazy memory, and then you’ve got these drips on the right. They are like streaks of white and yellow, pulling your eye in this playful dance. To the left, this linear mark and a square of lines are like quiet interruptions. Together these marks are so different, each feels like a thought in the process, like they are coming from a different place. It's all about surface, about how the paint moves and settles. It’s not just about what the picture represents, but about the very act of making, a kind of record of the artist’s choices and actions. You see this interest in color and gesture in the work of Helen Frankenthaler, it is a very painterly way of thinking. Landfield invites us to dive in and get lost in the joy of painting, and to find something new each time we look.