Ocean Park #19 — Fine Art

Ocean Park #19 by Richard Diebenkorn sits inside the ocean park series, a body of work made during the late career period. The image uses broad painted bands and thin drawn lines over a pale ground. The marks suggest a shoreline seen through shifting light. The shapes stay open and quiet.

This fine art print is ready to hang on arrival. The frame gives the picture a clear edge on the wall. White or black or wood or dark wood all do this in their own way. For Ocean Park #19 the clean edge helps the painted bands read as separate from the wall behind them.

On a reading corner wall the broad bands hold the eye at a distance. From the desk chair you catch the thin drawn lines, then step back and the pale ground opens up again.