Papers
Papers
"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
Untitled, 1985
Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas, 21 1/2 x 23 in
Untitled (Still Life), 1941
Oil on canvas, 17 1/2 x 24 1/2 in
Untitled (Still Life), 1941
Oil on canvas, 17 1/2 x 24 1/2 in
Untitled (Still Life), 1941
Oil on canvas, 17 1/2 x 24 1/2 in
Untitled, 1977
Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas, 20 x 23 in
Untitled (Still Life), 1941
Oil on canvas, 17 1/2 x 24 1/2 in
Untitled (Still Life), 1941
Oil on canvas, 17 1/2 x 24 1/2 in
Untitled (Still Life), 1941
Oil on canvas, 17 1/2 x 24 1/2 in
Untitled (Still Life), 1941
Oil on canvas, 17 1/2 x 24 1/2 in
Untitled, 2001
Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas, 23 x 24 1/2 in