Etamin 1965

Here is my attempt: Paul Feeley made "Etamin" with paint, in a way that feels like a dance between control and letting go. I like how the shapes sit together, interlocked like puzzle pieces, but not too perfect. You can see the hand in it – the little wobbles and variations that make it feel alive. He’s playing with color here, that warm red against the cool green. It's like he's trying to find the sweet spot where things balance out, but still have some tension. I bet Feeley was thinking about patterns, maybe even textiles (the name "Etamin" suggests a kind of fabric), but he's not just copying them. He’s abstracting them, turning them into something new. It reminds me of the way other painters, like Al Held, were pushing geometry in the same period, trying to find the hidden possibilities within simple forms. It makes you wonder what other conversations are going on in the painting world, all these artists riffing off each other, trying to push the boundaries of what painting can be.