Small s Paradise — Fine Art

Small s Paradise - 1964 by Helen Frankenthaler opens with a large painted field held across the sheet. The colour spreads into the paper and leaves thin trails where the wash thins out. Warm tones sit next to cooler ones and the whole picture reads as one open colour field.

The fine art frame finishes add a clear edge to the picture on the wall. Pick white and the painted field stays open. Pick black and the dark border sets the lighter wash apart. The frame does not slide into the image.

Hang the print on a dining room wall near the table. When you pass the doorway you see the broad painted band and the thin paint edges. Standing at the chair you notice the soaked paint print and the way one field sits against another.