Gordon Sizelove "Around Here I" Acrylic on Canvas, Abstract Pointillist Painting in Magenta Pink, Bay Area California Art, 24 X 24 Inches, 2023

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Rounded, overlapping ovals of magenta, pink, violet, indigo and plum black cover the square in a dense mosaic, arranged in … Read more Rounded, overlapping ovals of magenta, pink, violet, indigo and plum black cover the square in a dense mosaic, arranged in faint concentric ripples that spread outward from the center. The overlaps create deep new shades where one oval eclipses another, and the pinks flicker through the darker violets like embers. Sizelove places each spot of color along a curving line, varying their forms on purpose for a natural look, and the many small shapes add up to a single, slowly turning surface. Up close the ovals read as individual touches of paint; from across a room they merge into a glowing, plum-colored field with a pulse of movement.

A rich square for bedrooms, lounges, dining rooms and entries. Pink and violet look warm against charcoal or white walls, rose and burgundy velvet, brass and dark wood, and they give pale gray rooms depth. At twenty-four inches square it hangs well above a sofa, a bed or a sideboard, and it keeps company with rose upholstery and dark tables.

Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 24 x 2 in (61 × 61 × 5.1 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