Rectangle in blue

 

Just the rectangle

 

A tribute to Mark Rothko concentrates on a blue rectangle with other colorata covering the wide brick canvas.  

 

Looks like a square

 

Not a square

The precise edges of this work foretells an exploration of Mark Rothko; the background re-assures the viewer that the painter's path has not strayed from too far.

 

Grey on gray

 

Subtley Rothko

This "Gray on Grey" work takes the idea of Mark Rothko to another dimension with its strong and bold verticals and subtle horizontal repeating patterns.

 

 

 

 

Wide board door

 

Overgrowing

 

 The sliding door at the side of the barn will soon be overgrown by the grape vines.

 

White on beige

 

 

 

The afternoon sun illuminates a wall painting "in the style of" Mark Rothko.  Located on the back side of a bridge pier, it is well hidden from the public view. 

Sandy and pink

Double canvas

A Mark Rothko-ish exploration of sand and pink on grey.  This work, covering up some previous graffito, stretches across two wall sections.

Recent cave painting

Cave painting in tunnel

The colors and shapes of this multilayered and multi-covered graffito seen on the wall of an overpass resemble the primitive cave paintings made many thousands of years ago.

Hidden by paint

Covered up security gate graffiti 

Passers-by seeing this security gate with its painted over graffiti wonder what was the original graffito.

Hidden graffito

Covered up wall writing

This covered up graffiti makes passersby wonder what the original graffito looked like.

Tan and white

Rothko construction

The two works on this brick wall by Mark Rothko complete the complex pattern presented by the air conditioner, the two grated windows, a row of mailboxes, a bag of garbage, and the sidewalk.   

  

 

Bright and blue

 

 

Mark Rothko like graffiti cover up

 

A swipe of light yellow brightens up this study of sky blue on grey.

 

 

Shades of blue grey

 

Covered up

 

The cover up paint used to cover up grafitti never seems to match the wall color.  This series of graffiti coverups conjures up a mural by Mark Rothko.  

 

May be cover up

 

 

Freshly covered

 

 The recent graffiti cover up looks like graffiti.

 

 

 

A peeling pattern

 

Looks like?

 

Peeling paint 

on a security gate 

it's own pattern 

doth create.

Rectangles of grey

 

Homage to Rothko

 

Wall painters often unknowingly emulate the artwork of Mark Rothko.

Probably fake

Paintings by well known artists are sometimes faked.  It often is difficult to discern if one is seeing a fake or a real.

Probably a fake? 

In this case, we can be fairly sure that this is not by Mark Rothko.  Rothko always painted on rectangular canvases, and this is a quadrilateral.  But here, maybe he was exploring new shapes, possibly polygons?  One wonders.

Painted doors

Galvanized peel 

Neatness

Covering up graffiti with paint produces its own art.  A good surface prep is usually needed unless the peeling effect is desired.  Color matching is not necessary if the paint itself is applied neatly.

Painted walls

Graffiti en noir

Graffiti on brick 

Layers of paint that cover up layers of graffiti produce their own works of art. 

Africa in silver

Africa

This graffiti cover up is somehow reminiscent of the continent of Africa.

Garage wall

Graffiti cover up 3d stereogram

White paint was used to cover up the graffiti that had been painted on the garage wall.  

This sunlit street scene is presented in a relaxed view 3d stereograph.