How subtle and feather-light, how wonderfully surreal, how utterly refreshing from his later work where drawing gave way, drowned under thick layers of colour.
<<”Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea” pictures two creatures dancing between sea and sky, surrounded by arabesques, spirals, and stripes. The forms ”have no direct association with any particular visible experience, but in them one recognizes the principle and passion of organisms,” Rothko said. For him art was ”an adventure into an unknown world”; like the Surrealists before him, Rothko looked inward, to his own unconscious mind, for inspiration and material for his work.>>
MoMA, views from the permanent collection.
January 30th, 2017
The Humble Fabulist 
Yes, this is refreshing and so interesting. I love what he has to say about it too, and his take on art, that glimpse into the unconscious/unknown.
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Forgot to mention the thing I love most about this painting, the name! Just that makes me want to paint, and brings forth so many possibilities and suggestions.
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Yes, I read with interest your constructive debate about naming your own work! I think names are all too important and play a major role in complementing or even explaining the works – at least in part. Sometimes it takes me longer to decide on the title of a post that on the actual photo!
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[…] pondering what to call this painting, I opened a post by the Humble Fabulist and saw this whimsical painting by Rothko, and it’s equally whimsical naming. I fell in love […]
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