This Is My Wedding 1963

Rosalyn Drexler made this painting, called 'This Is My Wedding,' with acrylic on canvas. That intense yellow ground has been laid down first. It must have been calling her, taunting her! Then the figures emerge, dark and sleek. It's almost like a dance, the way the bride is being bent backwards. It seems they are all in it together – a dance of desire. I imagine Drexler thinking about the flatness of the image versus the depth of feeling she wanted to evoke. She was probably thinking about other image-makers too. The paint isn't too thick but the feeling is heavy. Like the memory of a dream. So much passion concentrated within such a limited palette. I love the drama. I can feel her energy. It makes me want to make a painting myself. I bet other artists who see this painting feel that too.