From 1950 on, however, Kline created large canvases of dynamically painted abstractions — shafts of jutting black on fields of scumbled white. (encyclopedia.com)
These seemingly simple elements are complicated through Bradley's subtle treatment of line, edge, and scumbled surface, creating complex investigations into how images are constructed. (art-nerd.com)
In one large, typically untitled, work, he uses gray to carve triangles into the left and right sides of an otherwise dense scumbled field of greens, pinks and blacks. (artinamericamagazine.com)