Ocean Park #21 — Fine Art

Ocean Park #21 by Richard Diebenkorn shows a painted ground split into wide colour bands. The bands sit in a calm arrangement across the sheet. A few thin pencil lines track over the paint. The work belongs to the abstract expressionist period.

This fine art print sits on a plaster wall in a bedroom. A light frame on the pale surface keeps the grey and ochre bands easy to read. The matte paper holds the soft tones without shine from a bedside lamp.

From the foot of the bed you notice the broad bands first. As you step closer the pencil lines show up. The print stays quiet in the room and does not pull the view away from the bed.