Spring Is 1963

Howard Mehring made this hard-edge painting called 'Spring Is' with acrylic on canvas. I can see the color of spring. The painting has shifted and emerged through trial, error, and intuition. I'm sympathizing with Mehring here, imagining what it might have been like to create, what he might have been thinking. The texture, color, and surface give a feel that shapes our experience of the painting and contributes to the emotional and intellectual resonances of the work. The hard rectangles can communicate feeling, intention, or meaning. Mehring’s art is a part of an ongoing conversation and exchange of ideas across time, inspiring one another’s creativity. Painting is a form of embodied expression that embraces ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations and meaning over fixed or definitive readings.