Forestine by Jean-Paul Riopelle

Tangled vines press against a dark ground. Forestine is the name Riopelle gave this thicket of strokes. Sap-green arcs collide with ochre smears and charcoal jabs. The paint sits thick, scraped by a palette knife or trowel, leaving ridges that catch the light like bark. No horizon, only a field of marks that refuse to settle into leaves or branches. Hang it where morning light glances across the surface, turning those ridges into a quiet, shifting texture above a console or sofa.