In the AARP Expressive Drawing class that is being led by Steven Aimone we have been looking at some of Mark Rothko's earlier paintings and drawings. I have always loved his later paintings, but I never was introduced to the earlier ones. It has been most interesting to see some of the periods he went through during his lifetime of painting, not to mention that it is encouraging to me to see that he went through so many styles. I have found that I really love some of the earlier ones - ones done during his movement into abstraction. Since we have been working with grids I have done a few Rothko-inspired grids. Some of the grids are readily visible and some are obscure. From what I have been reading this period was called his Multiforms period, and it lead to his Color Fields period for which I think he is most famous. Isn't it great that there is never-ending learning that can be done in the pursuit of painting!
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This is a beautiful painting.
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