Gordon Sizelove "By Section" Acrylic on Canvas, Abstract Geometric Sphere Painting in Brown, Carmel California Art, Original 16 X 16 Inches, 2026

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Dark strokes of charcoal, taupe and warm gray fan out from two poles, one at the upper left and one … Read more Dark strokes of charcoal, taupe and warm gray fan out from two poles, one at the upper left and one at the lower right, wrapping the square into a turned, globe-like form. Across its middle runs a diagonal band of short woven bars in red, cobalt, mint, cream and yellow, like a ribbon of fabric or a slice cut through the sphere. The contrast is crisp and almost architectural, with the muted earth tones holding the bright band in place. Sizelove draws on the geodesic line, treating a line as the points that make it up, and the strokes here read exactly that way: a line broken into a thousand points of color that curve together into a single form.

Compact and graphic, this square suits a desk wall, a stairwell landing or a gathering of small works. The charcoal and taupe tones sit comfortably with walnut, leather, black metal and gray plaster, while the bright band picks up cushions, books or a rug in primary colors. In a study or reading corner it gives the eye a precise, lively point of focus without crowding the room.

Acrylic on Canvas, 16 x 16 x 1.5 in (40.6 × 40.6 × 3.8 cm). Unframed.

Sizelove begins each acrylic painting by drawing a curved, flowing pencil line across the canvas, mapping the proportions and movement of the composition. He then places spots and strokes of color along those lines to reinforce them, and keeps adding color until the canvas is full. Overlapping marks eclipse one another and mix new colors where they meet, and he varies each form on purpose so the surface feels natural. The result is a shallow, topographical field of color.

Gordon Sizelove (b. 1953, Boston) is a San Francisco painter who works in acrylic, pastel, charcoal and pencil. Raised in Springfield and Worcester, Massachusetts, he moved west in 1972 to attend the San Francisco Art Institute, studying with Sam Tchakalian, Julius Hatofsky, Tom Holland and Robert Hudson, and earned his MFA in Painting in 1979.

After a teaching credential from San Francisco State University, he taught art in the San Francisco public schools for decades, including students with dyslexia, and has painted full time since retiring in 2014. His work, shown in a 2023 Inter-Society Color Council exhibition in Rochester, builds interlocking patterns from spots and strokes of color placed along a drawn, curving line, in the spirit of Buckminster Fuller's geodesic structures and with a long interest in the consciousness of perception. He lives and works in San Francisco's South of Market district. See less