Bright colours and shapes connect Ayres with Pop Art, and she cites Matisse, Van Gogh, Gauguin and Venetian painting as inspirations — but Ayres's thick,
confident application of paint ties her most closely to American Abstract Expressionism.
Deconstructing the relationship between figure and ground, Richter embraces the contingency of his medium, enjoying the chance effects of the spontaneous yet
confident application of paint.
Not exact matches
The variation in
application of the
paint from thick to more scumbled, along with the
confident line helps create the movement and depth
of this
painting.