J. P. - OCEAN GREYNESS - 1953 - Abstract - Canvas Print

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------J. P. (American, 1912-1956) - OCEAN GREYNESS - 1953 - Abstract Expressionism, Abstraction, Figurative - Oil and Enamel on canvas - 𝑯𝒊-𝑹𝒆𝒔 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 ------------------------------------------------------------------- "𝑶𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒚𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔" (𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟑), 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑱. 𝑷.’𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝒖𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒊𝒍𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑨𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎, 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔. 𝑬𝒙𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒊𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝒕𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆, 𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅. 𝑨𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 "𝑶𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒚𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔" 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕. 𝑱. 𝑷., 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔, 𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔, 𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒅𝒅 𝒂 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆, "𝑶𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒚𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔," 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒗𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒉, 𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏, 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒏 𝑱. 𝑷.’𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒔, 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒚𝒔, 𝒔𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚, 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒔𝒚𝒄𝒉𝒆. 𝑨𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 "𝑶𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒚𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔," 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒅𝒚𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑱. 𝑷. 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉, 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕, 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟑, 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑱. 𝑷.’𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚, 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒐𝒆𝒖𝒗𝒓𝒆. "𝑶𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒚𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔" 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒔, 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒊𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑱. 𝑷.’𝒔 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒄𝒚, 𝑱. 𝑷. 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒉, 𝒔𝒚𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒎, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔.