Blue Prescence — Fine Art

Blue Prescence - 1970 shows a painted field of blue held together by thin lines and small spots of lighter tone. The marks move in layers, some pressed hard and some barely there. You can see where the brush slowed and where it lifted off the surface.

This fine art print keeps the layers of blue and the small spots as they are. The matte paper holds the pale tones flat so nothing shines back at you under a lamp.

Richard Pousette-Dart worked with paint in loose bands and small marks, often building a field from many small moves. That habit shows in the way the colour here sits in layers rather than in one flat wash. This fine art print sits on a long shelf in a bedroom where the light comes from the window at the side.