Pattern formation has become a branch of physics and of materials science, allowing scientists to model the aggregation of particles into clusters, the fractured spread of electrical discharges, and the growth of crystals in ice and metal alloys. The artists first discovered that. And long before. This artist became a choreographer of contours, the artist of a dance of form and fundamental type. And he explored color and light's changing luminosities.
Color is light on fire.
The prints in this exhibit bear that declaration out. He would sit next to the river or watch the mountains with his hands behind his back and breathe in and out gently along with the tranquility of the environment. I think nature had a profound impact on my father, and he had a tremendous amount of respect for nature. And there is his feel for light, light reflecting from a bright and shallow sediment below. They are the qualities which made Sam Francis a prominent leader in the San Francisco Bay Area art scene.