Untitled [yellow and green] 1974

Edward Avedisian made this painting, Untitled [yellow and green], and it's a process of seeing and feeling through color. There's an immediacy and energy, like he's chasing something, or maybe being chased. Look at the surface, you can almost feel the push and pull of the brush. The paint isn’t too thick, but it’s there, a record of each stroke. There's a great big circle in the top right, yellow on green on yellow, with pale grey. It's not quite centered, and feels more like a target. Avedisian reminds me a little of Elizabeth Murray, not in the way the paintings look, but in the restless energy. Both artists help us embrace art’s open-endedness.