In the diptych «River», a painting of the River Seine as seen from her home, Mitchell filled two canvasses with vigorous brushstrokes in an array of greens, blues, purples, reds and a swath of yellow paint crossing the bottom of the canvas to represent the river. (minusspace.com)
He uses vigorous brushstrokes and violent gestures with charcoal and oils, treating his large canvases as vital elements to be worked upon. (artsy.net)
Vigorous brushstrokes of pale color at the top of the canvas seem to melt onto the more vividly colored lower third. (blog.nmwa.org)