January 2023
Aaaahh, it’s finished.
Finished: ended, completed, concluded, done, wrapped up, satisfied
Satisfied: a very subjective experience of completeness, wholeness, perfection, doubt dispelled.
Abstract #18 was finished but not complete; there was doubt. However, I was unable to figure out what to do. The painting hung in my studio for two years before I took it down and began to change it.
Abstract #4 tells a different story. The black line was the last to be added to the canvas. It ‘separates and brings the painting together’; most satisfying and complete. This line is referred to in the paintings of Barnett Newman as “zips.”