Paintings
Paintings
"Each painting is a journey and an adventure. I don't understand the process completely. Perhaps no one can."
— Dorothy Fratt
Springford worked in this style from 1957 to 1963, painting in oil to create broad gestural works that were heavily inspired by Chinese calligraphy and other forms of Eastern thought. She emphasized the importance of direct, intentional mark making in this body of work, and the significance of accepting its immediate finality rather than reworking a composition. The expressive brushwork on display here marks some of Springford’s earliest explorations into abstraction.
Selected Works
David's Lyre, 2001
Acrylic on canvas, 52 x 46 in
Morning Conversation, 1997
Acrylic on canvas, 33 x 29 in
Code Talkers, 1986
Acrylic on canvas, 23 x 28 in
Cinder Mountain, 1972
Acrylic on canvas, 47 x 35 in
Shi Bui, 1983
Acrylic on canvas, 55 x 47 in
Bird on a Wire, 1999
Acrylic on canvas, 37 x 39 in
Monsoon, 1985
Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 25 in
Hooligan Creek, 1981
Acrylic on canvas, 85 x 54 in
Moenavi, 1994
Acrylic on canvas, 90 x 72 in
5 Sounds, 1974
Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 28 in