A Perfect Equal Area I 1960

Alfred Jensen painted "A Perfect Equal Area I" with oil on canvas, and it's like stumbling upon a secret code. The oil paint is laid on thick, each block of color a deliberate, almost sculptural, act. Look at those symbols – crosses, dollar signs, hourglasses – all rendered in such a tactile way. The texture isn't just visual, you can almost feel the push and pull of the brush, the resistance of the paint. Notice the white dollar signs against the blue ground; the way they seem to vibrate, not just from the color contrast, but from the sheer physicality of the paint. Jensen's work reminds me a little bit of Forrest Bess, both artists drawn to these enigmatic symbols, creating their own language on the canvas. It's not about answers, but about the questions, the endless possibilities that open up when you embrace ambiguity.