Drawing (Untitled, Blue/Green) 1971

This 'Untitled, Blue/Green' drawing by Peter Joseph, who was born in 1929, looks like a really quiet affair. I imagine him, maybe in the late 60s or 70s, carefully applying flat planes of color to create a sense of calm. That blue, like a midday sky, sits on top of a thin, almost tan line. I wonder if he struggled to get that blue just right, maybe adding layer upon layer to get that perfect density. It reminds me of Agnes Martin's quiet grids, or maybe some of Rothko's color fields, but with a more minimal approach. It's easy to see how these color interactions create subtle shifts and spatial tensions. Joseph is part of this ongoing conversation between artists, each one riffing off of what came before, trying to find new ways to see and feel the world. And it’s in that space of quiet looking that something really interesting happens.