Howard Mehring
#5, 1962
acrylic and graphite on canvas
96 x 60 inches
“The geometric image (is as basic to color painting as) the rhythmic repetition of an element, color, space and openness, symmetry. I start with a certain symmetrical image, and then let the picture paint itself out in a balance between intellect and intuition. I think there is a search for balance in the new painting today. It is a classical period. We start with a preconceived idea and then carry it through intuitive means.”[i]
-Howard Mehring
[i] The Vincent Melzac Collection: The Washington Color Painters at The Museum of the Palm Beaches, Inc. Norton Gallery and School of Art, Palm Beach, FL (1974), p. 37.
