Ray Parker “Simple Paintings, c. 1960”

Washburn Gallery

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“Parker’s working method, steeped in Abstract Expressionist practice, was improvisational and confrontational. He tacked bare canvas to the wall, keeping the ground neutral with only a priming coat to maintain and heighten the clarity of the colour shapes. There was no preconceived plan or preliminary sketch. He often used rags to apply the paint, allowing the colour to spread to its ‘fullest of volume,’ as he termed it, letting it respond to the pressure of his hand, recording the nuances of touch and feeling, change and movement, like a psychic seismograph.”

- William Agee
Modern Art in America 1908-68, Phaidon Press Limited, London, 2016, p. 319-20