Gordon Sizelove "Pathway" Acrylic on Canvas, Abstract Confetti Dot Painting in Orange, Bay Area California Art, Original 18 X 18 Inches, 2024

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Round dots in orange, yellow, red, mint, teal, lavender and pink scatter across the square like confetti, the warm colors … Read more Round dots in orange, yellow, red, mint, teal, lavender and pink scatter across the square like confetti, the warm colors gathered in the upper left and the cooler ones drifting toward the lower right. The dots overlap and mix, so that pale peach and deep green appear where they meet, and a sense of gradient moves across the surface without any hard line. The effect is of a path of color leading the eye from one corner to the other. Sizelove draws a curving line first and places spots of color along it, and the title fits that process: a trail of dots, laid down one by one.

A cheerful square for a kitchen, a family room, a playroom or an entry. The mix of warm and cool colors works with white walls, light oak, denim, rattan and bright textiles, and it brings life to gray rooms. At eighteen inches square it suits the space above a console, a bench or a small sofa, and it pairs easily with a second piece.

Acrylic on Canvas, 18 x 18 x 1 in (45.7 × 45.7 × 2.5 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