Cronos 35 1982

Rene Duvillier conjured this atmospheric image with fluid strokes of paint. I love how the color washes across the surface, creating soft, blurred edges. I can imagine Duvillier in his studio, moving around the canvas, letting the diluted paint drip and pool, almost like watercolor. It feels intuitive, like he’s surrendering control to the medium. There’s a lovely balance between chance and intention here. Those dashes of darker orange add rhythm and texture. It’s as though he’s mapping out some kind of code or counting, a kind of rhythm…one, two, one, two. I’m reminded of Helen Frankenthaler’s soak-stain paintings, where she poured thinned paint directly onto unprimed canvas. There’s a shared interest in transparency and letting the paint do its thing. Artists are always in conversation, riffing off each other’s ideas and techniques! The process is the inquiry.