Favorite Painting in America and Favorite American Painting

Tyler Green is talking about his favorite painting in American and his favorite American painting.

Hmmm. That is an interesting thought. I am not sure that I can answer either, because as soon as I come up with a "yup, it's that one" then I remember "oh, yeah. That one, too."

My favorite American painting is probably one of Ed Corbett's Provincetown paintings, or a late Frank Lobdell. But then again, what about Richard Diebenkorn's Seawall, and then there is the whole question of Guston, and what about Robert Ryman, and... you see the difficulty?

I really don't think I can answer that.

As to my favorite painting in America, that would probably be one of the Bonnard's, but I am not sure. Sometimes Matisse grips me more, sometimes I have to go with Diebenkorn.

Too broad a field, and I am far too moody when it comes to art. Sorry.

Actually the one all-time favorite painting of mine is the one that I am going to paint next. It really is the culmination of all the ideas I have been working with recently, will be perfectly executed, etc. But then it becomes the most recently finished painting of mine, which is the painting I detest most, becuase I know what it was supposed to have been and where I accepted which compromise, and blew which color choice, etc.

Alas.