I know the show is over. I’m sorry if you missed it. I feel compelled to write about it and share my inspiration. Dekoonings work inspired me to paint moment in the figure. He shares the same love for Titian’s work as I do, and the beauty of painting the figure in oil paint. I was astounded by his early training- his trained skills as a painter. I was inspired by how this exhibit showed work that displayed his searching for his own voice as a painter, trying on different hats of other artists styles. Also how he created different series, and then made slight shifts. I have a new found respect for him as a painters painter. And am inspired to continue my work on an abstract series that I began a few years ago.
I was intrigued how he used the same parts of a drawing over and over, and how this implied movement.
I find the painting “Excavation”, so deeply beautiful.
Now I am reading De kooning by Mark Stevens, I am hungry for more.