Ruth Pastine American, b. 1964

Works
  • Ruth Pastine, Blue Dark, Rise Series, 2023
    Ruth Pastine
    Blue Dark, Rise Series, 2023
    Oil on canvas on beveled stretcher
    40 x 29.5 x 2 inches
  • Ruth Pastine, Blue Light, Rise Series, 2023
    Ruth Pastine
    Blue Light, Rise Series, 2023
    Oil on canvas on beveled stretcher
    40 x 29.5 x 2.5 inches
  • Ruth Pastine, Blue, Rise Series, 2023
    Ruth Pastine
    Blue, Rise Series, 2023
    oil on canvas on beveled stretcher
    60 x 32 x 2.5 inches
  • Ruth Pastine, Blue Red - Core Series, 2021
    Ruth Pastine
    Blue Red - Core Series, 2021
    Oil on canvas on beveled stretcher
    32 x 60 x 2.5 inches
  • Ruth Pastine, Square Diamond Magenta Ochre, 2016
    Ruth Pastine
    Square Diamond Magenta Ochre, 2016
    oil on canvas on beveled stretcher
    48 x 48 x 2.5 inches
  • Ruth Pastine, Inevitability of Truth 7, 2015
    Ruth Pastine
    Inevitability of Truth 7, 2015
    oil on canvas on beveled stretcher
    48 x 48 x 2.5 inches
  • Ruth Pastine, Red Green 5, Red Magenta, Sense Certainty Series, 2014
    Ruth Pastine
    Red Green 5, Red Magenta, Sense Certainty Series, 2014
    Oil on canvas on beveled stretcher
    24 x 24 x 2 inches
  • Ruth Pastine, Red Green 6, Magenta Red, Sense Certainty Series, 2014
    Ruth Pastine
    Red Green 6, Magenta Red, Sense Certainty Series, 2014
    Oil on canvas on beveled stretcher
    24 x 24 x 2.5 inches
About

Ruth Pastine’s minimalist paintings address phenomena of color perception. In seamless gradients, often composed with nuanced mixtures of complementary hues, the surfaces of her works appear to pulse toward their edges. The luminous color is built up with countless brushstrokes, each painting taking months to complete. Color relativity— the perception of influence between adjacent colors—has remained a reoccurring subject in Pastine’s work over the course of her artistic trajectory.

 

Pastine’s paintings have been exhibited widely in the United States, Europe and Japan, and are included in many public and corporate collections such as: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles and the Lancaster Museum of Art and History in California, among many others.

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