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Field Notes brings together intimately scaled works on paper by William Perehudoff. Post-Painterly Abstraction, a movement historically defined by scale and visual immediacy is most often understood through large-format paintings. The works presented redirect attention to a lesser-examined dimension of Perehudoff's practice, positioning works on paper as critical compositional formats where concepts were developed, tested, and refined.
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In the early 1960s, Perehudoff attended several of the Emma Lake Artist's Workshops, merging with his prarie colour sensibilities to develop a singular voice in the colourfield movement. Perehudoff's works are in the collections of numerous institutions including the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Quebec; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia; Portland Art Museum, Oregon; The Royal Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, London; and the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India.
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In these works, Perehudoff employed watercolour, using the medium's transparency to examine the interaction of colour and it's spatial presence. It's inherent qualities allows for layered washes to produce subtle shifts in tone and atmosphere. Despite the modest scale of these works, Perehudoff demonstrates a pronounced sence of spatial depth. In the 1980 Maquette for Print, a study for a silkscreen edition imaged below, Perehudoff's succesive washes of blue modulate around a yellowish-green orb.
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Perehudoff extended his practice on paper to larger Arches watercolour paper sheets, employing gel acrylics that offered greater body and presence than the delicate watercolours of his small-scale works. This approach enabled a sustained engagement with surface and spatial effect, bridging the formal concerns of his small-scale works with the compositional ambitions of his larger canvases.
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Selected Works
William Perehudoff: Field Notes: Online Viewing Room | Works on Paper
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