Astronaut I 1963

Selected Citations and Comments

This painting was virtually a single quarter from Four Events [in the Experience of an Astronaut] with a coloured lower section added to imply pulsation, either of a mechanical or an organic nature. The pulsation is conveyed in an optical idiom, using red and silver converging in a zig-zag line. As it was a ‘follow-up’ painting after Four Events, a more methodical approach was possible, and I used sprayed silver paint (from an aerosol can) for the first time.

Gerald Laing, 'Aspen Notebook', unpublished manuscript, 1966