Ocean Park #30 — Fine Art

Ocean Park #30 by Richard Diebenkorn uses broad bands of paint and thin pencil lines on a quiet ground. The artist worked in acrylic and oil, moving between colour fields and drawn marks.

The picture belongs to the Ocean Park series, where the California light sits in the paint. The fine art paper holds the soft edges of the paint bands without a shine.

A light frame keeps the pale tones open on a darker wall, while a wood frame sits near wooden furniture. It fits a dining room wall near a sideboard, where the painted bands and pencil lines read from the doorway into the room.