Untitled Landscape, Bellport (No.1042) 1991

Arthur Pinajian's 'Untitled Landscape, Bellport' is an explosion of color and form. The handling of paint here feels intuitive, like a dance. The surface has a real physicality. It’s like Pinajian was wrestling with the paint, pushing it around, layering it, letting it drip. I see this especially in the lower left corner. This dark mass of paint, grounded by thin white lines, pulls the eye. Is it a beast? A bush? It doesn't matter. It's the energy of the mark, the way the paint sits on the surface, that gets me. Pinajian's work reminds me of Guston, that same freedom and exuberance. The sense that artmaking is a conversation, a back-and-forth between artists across time. It's not about answers, but about asking questions.