Grays

This is a monochrome geometric abstract painting. Stylistically it sits between analytical Cubism and mid-century geometric abstraction. The restricted gray scale and fractured, overlapping planes recall the Cubist habit of breaking form into facets so structure, not color, carries the picture. The curves and slight diagonals keep it from being pure Neo-Plasticism (Mondrian-type grids). It is closer to the kind of “relational” geometric painting that loosened the orthogonal grid—artists such as Fritz Glarner used grays, slanted edges, and interlocking shapes for a similar shallow, shifting space—while the brushy surface and mixed curves make it more painterly than hard-edge minimalism.

Painted by brush using acrylic paint on watercolor board, matted and measures outside of the matte 14" x 17". Not framed.