Leaves III 1967 — Fine Art

Leaves III 1967 by Jean-Paul Riopelle shows dark green leaf forms pushed across the picture. The brush marks run in short broken strokes, with some areas thicker than others. The look points to the stained glass work that Jean-Paul Riopelle made later in his practice.

The fine art paper holds the greens and blacks without gloss, so the paint feel stays readable on the sheet. A black frame gives the picture a firm border and sets the dark leaf shapes off from the surface behind it.

On a bedroom wall near a bedside lamp the dark leaves stand out at night. From the foot of the bed you see the broad green bands, and from the pillow you notice the smaller black strokes between them.