Ocean Blue Drip 2011

Editor: This is Peter Alexander's "Ocean Blue Drip," created in 2011. It feels incredibly serene, almost like looking at a faded photograph of the sky. There's a minimalist quality to it, yet something about the uneven edge draws me in. What do you see in this piece? Curator: Ah, Peter Alexander! He's always playing with perception, isn't he? To me, this isn’t just an ocean; it's a distilled feeling of the ocean. I think about California light, where Alexander lives and works – that particular ethereal quality. Do you notice how the color isn't flat, but rather subtly gradated, almost vibrating? Editor: Yes, it's very subtle, like a breath of color. Is it the light in California that influences that choice? Curator: Perhaps. The drips at the bottom disrupt the clean gradient, creating this sense of impermanence, like the ocean itself constantly in flux. Think about his use of resin, this almost industrial material used to capture such delicate beauty, such sublime light, you know? Editor: I do. I hadn't really thought about the resin in that context before, but it does seem to play with the relationship between the manufactured and the natural. So clever! Curator: Exactly. I find myself meditating on it and wondering about the nature of light itself, that liminal state where the solid meets the ethereal. Don’t you think? Editor: I’m starting to see it too – the liminality. Thanks for pointing that out; it's changed how I view the work. Curator: My pleasure. It's all about opening our eyes, one gentle wash of color at a time!