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ArtGram.Corona

Everything reaches but one. The reading that holds back is the whole point — this is the painting without that, and what it declines is louder than the five things it does.

17 paintings  ·  reaches on Contrast, Form, Abstraction, Color Range and Palette  ·  holds on Texture

The most typical Corona in the catalog: Passage of the Blue. Closest of the 17 to the shape’s own mean on all six.

Where it sits

Texture
4.4 above the catalog median of 3.0
Contrast
3.8 above the catalog median of 3.5
Form
4.0 above the catalog median of 3.0
Abstraction
4.1 above the catalog median of 2.6
Color Range
2.9 below the catalog median of 3.0
Palette
3.5 below the catalog median of 4.0

Means across all 17. The signature is what holds for the shape as a whole, not a rule every painting obeys: a named silhouette cutting through a continuum, not a category with a boundary.

What it is next to

Let one more reading reach and it becomes Bloom, and let one drop back and it becomes Quatrefoil, Sheaf or Spray. Two paintings a single step apart are related in a way you can see, which is what makes the thirteen a language rather than a list.

What it invites

awe 3  ·  restlessness 3  ·  defiance 2  ·  reverence 2  ·  longing 2  ·  solitude 2  ·  aliveness 2  ·  alertness 1

The 17

Ordered from the most typical outward. The last of them sit at the edge of the shape, where the next one begins.

Passage of the BluePassage of the BlueAcrylic on Canvas  ·  2026 Where Yellow ReturnsWhere Yellow ReturnsAcrylic on Canvas  ·  2026 Circle Barbed WireCircle Barbed WireAcrylic on Canvas  ·  2023 Rewriting Visual LanguageRewriting Visual LanguageOil on Canvas  ·  2024 The Hanger in Negative SpaceThe Hanger in Negative SpaceAcrylic on Canvas  ·  2024 Threshold of the Black DoorThreshold of the Black DoorAcrylic on Canvas  ·  2024 Sonoran FireSonoran FireOil on Canvas  ·  2026 Biosphere in FluxBiosphere in FluxAcrylic on Canvas  ·  2022 Ferrari GialloFerrari GialloOil on Canvas  ·  2026 Ferrari ApertureFerrari ApertureAcrylic on Canvas  ·  2026 Fragments of a Hidden PastFragments of a Hidden PastOil on Canvas  ·  2026 Expression of Self – Black and White Abstract ArtExpression of Self – Black and White Abstract ArtAcrylic on Canvas  ·  2023 Remodeling Emotional SpaceRemodeling Emotional SpaceOil on Canvas  ·  2024 Rajasthani GhagraRajasthani GhagraAcrylic on Canvas  ·  2026 The SangamThe SangamAcrylic on Canvas  ·  2026 Blurry LandscapeBlurry LandscapeAcrylic on Canvas  ·  2024
Bud 1 Spur 38 Wing 14 Fork 51 Samara 20 Frond 8 Sprig 49 Trillium 12 Sheaf 12 Spray 16 Quatrefoil 6 Corona 17 Bloom 2 TEXTURE CONTRAST FORM ABSTRACTION COLOR RANGE PALETTE
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