This gigantic diptych envelops the viewer in hues of red and orange. It is the crowning achievement of a series of monochromes titled Homages (Hommages) that Sullivan created in 2002 and 2003. Several of her friends, artists who inspired her, had recently passed away. She thought about them often while she painted, and decided to name a monochrome from the series she was working on after each of these friends. She dedicated the best and largest to her former husband, Paterson Ewen (1925–2002), “because he was the greatest of all painters.”
Constant Evolution: The Work of Françoise Sullivan
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Françoise Sullivan, Homage to Paterson (Hommage à Paterson), 2003
Acrylic on canvas (diptych), 348 x 574 cm, collection of the artist