A resource for students of R. Standfest's Basic Drawing + Painting Courses at Oakland University
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
PAINTING CLASS: SOL LEWITT STARS
The American artist Sol LeWitt has created a number of prints and wall drawings/paintings, which explore the form of the star with consideration given to color relationships within the star. There is a series of aquatint prints by Mr. LeWitt, created in 1993. The colors in them bear more than a passing resemblance to those used in early American Amish quilts. Here are two of the prints from the series:
Additionally, in 2002, Lewitt created a portfolio of six linocuts exploring the star once again-- this time with much more intense hues: