Untitled 1946

Richard Pousette-Dart made this untitled painting with layers of colourful gestures, a whole cosmos emerging from the canvas. I imagine the painting came into being through a process of trial, error, and intuition, a lot like my own paintings. The artist must have been in such a playful mood! It’s like the canvas became a site of inquiry, where each mark seems to open up a new way of seeing and experiencing the world. Look at how the circles hover and float. Pousette-Dart’s got a real knack for texture, colour, surface, you know? These elements shape our experience of the painting, giving it an emotional and intellectual resonance. Just look at that blue circle near the top. It's so direct; it communicates a feeling and intention so deeply. It reminds me of Dove or Hartley. Artists are always in conversation, inspiring each other's creativity. Painting is an embodied expression. It embraces ambiguity, allowing for multiple interpretations, right? There's no single reading here.