| Bringing the Art to You Week #13 Untitled (Blue and Purple Circles) , 1987, watercolor on paper, 6” x 9" The 1980s were a very busy decade for Dusti Bongé. After publishing her book The Life of an Artist in 1982, she continued to make art at a very steady pace. In addition to painting some of her most memorable large canvases she created numerous works on paper in various sizes. These later works all show a shift in the nature of her abstraction. Instead of the broad gestural movements of her abstract expressionist compositions, these works often have more nuanced forms in them. Although these forms are still not specifically representational, they are occasionally suggestive of familiar things. This is clearly evident in such hallmark works as Oyster Chorus and Passage. This small watercolor painting (with a few felt tip pen marks) has a very similar compositional arrangement to Oyster Chorus with three circular, or rather, spherical, forms arranged in close proximity to one another. They are placed at a slight diagonal, just off center in the composition, with an implied "horizon line” created by the orange and green in the background. Although we don’t know what the three spheres are, their arrangement, all slightly overlapping, with the left pale purple one being positioned a bit lower and more forward, almost seems like an abstract still life. The choice of colors contributes to this abstract quality, insofar that it reveals nothing about the true nature of the spherical shapes. Available in our store: The definitive volume on artist Dusti Bongé, by J. Richard Gruber Dusti Bongé, Art and Life: Biloxi, New Orleans, New York Hard bound, 12” x 9”, 350 pages, over 500 color and b&w illustrations Limited edition lithographs of two original Dusti Bongé drawings. Shrimp Boats & Factories, Back Bay Biloxi I and Shrimp Boats & Factories, Back Bay Biloxi II 12” x 16” drawing, 15” x 22” paper size https://www.dustibonge.org/store.html support us Our mission: to promote the artistic legacy of Dusti Bongé (1903-1993) |
Untitled (Blue and Purple Circles), 1987, watercolor on paper, 6” x 9" | |
The 1980s were a very busy decade for Dusti Bongé. After publishing her book The Life of an Artist in 1982, she continued to make art at a very steady pace. In addition to painting some of her most memorable large canvases she created numerous works on paper in various sizes.
These later works all show a shift in the nature of her abstraction. Instead of the broad gestural movements of her abstract expressionist compositions, these works often have more nuanced forms in them. Although these forms are still not specifically representational, they are occasionally suggestive of familiar things. This is clearly evident in such hallmark works as Oyster Chorus and Passage.
This small watercolor painting (with a few felt tip pen marks) has a very similar compositional arrangement to Oyster Chorus with three circular, or rather, spherical, forms arranged in close proximity to one another. They are placed at a slight diagonal, just off center in the composition, with an implied "horizon line” created by the orange and green in the background.
Although we don’t know what the three spheres are, their arrangement, all slightly overlapping, with the left pale purple one being positioned a bit lower and more forward, almost seems like an abstract still life. The choice of colors contributes to this abstract quality, insofar that it reveals nothing about the true nature of the spherical shapes.
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Available in our store:
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The definitive volume on artist Dusti Bongé, by J. Richard Gruber
Dusti Bongé, Art and Life: Biloxi, New Orleans, New York
Hard bound, 12” x 9”, 350 pages, over 500 color and b&w illustrations
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Limited edition lithographs of two original
Dusti Bongé drawings.
Shrimp Boats & Factories, Back Bay Biloxi I
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Shrimp Boats & Factories, Back Bay Biloxi II
12” x 16” drawing, 15” x 22” paper size
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