

Yellow House
2004
A luminous yellow structure nestled against a massive tree dominates this composition, its geometric form and warm hue creating striking contrast against the deep green landscape. The painting employs bold, flattened color fields and simplified forms characteristic of contemporary representational work, with the building's single window and angled roof rendered in direct, unmodulated strokes. Dappled light filters through the tree's foliage, suggested through loose gestural marks that enliven the upper portion of the canvas. The artist's signature approach to landscape painting emphasizes the interplay between architectural presence and natural environment, rendered in oil with a clarity and directness that bridges Pop sensibility and American landscape tradition. The work captures a moment of quiet isolation, celebrating the modest beauty of rural or suburban domestic space.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Overall
- Location
- Pace Gallery, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Pace GalleryView on map
Notes
Pace Gallery solo presentation at TEFAF New York 2026, Booth 340, May 15–19, 2026, Park Avenue Armory, New York. Pace inventory ref: 36575.
For Sale — $1500000
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