Untitled 1975

Terry Frost made this untitled print with crayon and screenprint, and I just love the casualness of it. The way he approaches mark-making feels really open, like he's just letting the forms emerge, unscripted. Look at how the crayon gives this real density of feeling, especially in the top left corner. It's almost like he's scribbling out a storm cloud. Then your eye follows this line, meandering and looping across the surface. He leaves this kind of trail of marks, some soft and fuzzy, others sharp and precise. It all feels very immediate, like he’s drawing with the end of a paintbrush. But it's really all about the rhythm; the way the colours pop. And he almost builds up this field of energy that vibrates across the page. This reminds me of some of Joan Miró's playful graphics, that same sense of freedom and joy in the simple act of putting line and color to paper. It's like Frost is inviting us to loosen up and just enjoy the ride, y'know?