“Variations I on Clark’s Cove,” created in 1962 by Grace Hartigan, belongs to the Lyrical Abstraction art movement and falls under the abstract genre.
The artwork manifests a vibrant composition, utilizing a diverse palette with dominant hues of purple, green, blue, and patches of white. Broad, sweeping brushstrokes interplay with bold, saturated colors and occasional dark accents, creating dynamic contrasts and rhythmic patterns. The artistic technique conveys a sense of spontaneity and emotional fluidity, characteristic of the Lyrical Abstraction movement. The arrangement of forms and colors suggests an organic, almost landscape-like quality, invoking an abstracted interpretation of nature or place, in line with its title referencing “Clark’s Cove.”
