{"id":9691,"date":"2016-08-21T21:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T21:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgethomasclark.com\/?p=9691"},"modified":"2016-08-22T19:39:51","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T19:39:51","slug":"woman-on-checkerboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgethomasclark.com\/woman-on-checkerboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman on Checkerboard"},"content":{"rendered":"
After emboldening myself I approach “Woman and Checkerboard” and say, \u201cMa\u2019am, you appear rather morose this morning.\u201d <\/p>\n
\t\u201cIs that a surprise? While molten blue eyes pour out my sockets I\u2019m sitting at a table threatened by a gloomy wall and ominous sky and sense Richard Diebenkorn\u2019s going to remove me and other people from his scenes. Imagine where he\u2019ll put us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cDon\u2019t worry,\u201d I say. \u201cMuseums and wealthy collectors will pay to hang you and your friends in beautiful galleries and living rooms while, for almost twenty years, Diebenkorn provides bright company from the Ocean Park series south of Santa Monica.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cMen and women like me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cNo, large abstract landscapes in gentle blues and light blues and soft purples and browns and succulent yellows and oranges and soothing off-whites divided and joined by lines in scenes more congenial than you, his figurative subjects, have seen.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cI hope he likes the sea more than people.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cArtistically, at least, I believe he does.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cThen maybe he\u2019ll relax and stop smoking.\u201d<\/p>\n
Woman on Checkerboard<\/a><\/p>\n