Untitled

About this work

This painting looks like quick, rough strokes of black, gray, and white on paper. The shapes are big and blurry, like a shadowy figure standing near a dark, uneven wall. Below, a thin line of brown and yellow suggests a ground or floor, but it’s messy and uneven. The artist mixed different materials—paint, ink, crayon—so the texture changes all over. It feels like a sketch that got worked over and over. Next, look up impasto to see how artists use thick paint like this.