Untitled 1988

This ‘Untitled’ piece by Sam Francis is like a party on paper, a wild dance of colors and marks, made with paint, that just happened. The texture is all over the place, isn't it? You’ve got splatters, drips, and these juicy, almost blob-like forms that give it such energy. The red shape to the left looks like it was made with big, sweeping gestures and then broken up with all these little dots and flicks. I always wonder what kind of tools artists use, you know? Did Francis fling the paint? Dab it? It's like a puzzle, trying to figure out the process and it’s cool to see how these details create a world of their own, full of playful chaos. Francis' work has got this connection to artists like Joan Mitchell, who were also making paintings that feel like pure emotion. It’s a back and forth, an ongoing discussion that keeps art alive.