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The painting below is a combination of painted, inked and white-space-preserved swirls. Although I am reading about Matisse, I hesitate to call them arabesques, as they do not serve as regular, decorative designs. It seems more as if the swirls are performing. The parting curtain adds to this impression.

Green Swirl No. 1

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I painted a free form design in liquid latex to begin this study. After it dried, I surrounded its perimeter with Permanent Green #1. In the inner border, I used a combination of ultramarine blue and lemon yellow. The paints were very watery and the dried latex acted as a dam. One can see heavier concentrations of […]