Letter Poem 1971

"Letter Poem" (1971) by John Dowell is a minimalist artwork consisting of abstract forms on a pale background. The work, created using watercolor and graphite, features scattered, seemingly random shapes and lines reminiscent of letters or characters. Dowell's minimalist style, focusing on simplicity and suggestive forms, invites viewers to contemplate the nature of communication and the abstract beauty of the written word. The delicate, almost ephemeral marks evoke a sense of fleeting thoughts or fragments of a message, leaving the interpretation open to the individual viewer.