Vermont 1964

Bill Komodore made this painting, Vermont, with parallel lines and a minimal palette. I imagine the painting came to life through meticulous, repetitive gestures. You know, the kind of thing that makes your arm ache and your mind wander. What does it mean to spend so long, so much focused energy, on a single set of marks? Is it some kind of meditation? Or a mania? You can feel the artist’s presence in these lines, and wonder if it was hard for him to decide when the painting was done. These lines, they are like the quietest kind of expression, and in some ways, they relate to the work of other painters like Agnes Martin or Sol LeWitt. It's a subtle conversation that invites us to contemplate the essence of painting itself, the meaning of time, and the value of simplicity.