In a two-part video, Alan Gouk discusses his paintings which were recently on view at Poussin Gallery.
Gouk speaks directly in front of his paintings, describing his process. Discussing color he notes that "Matisse said a 'square meter of green is greener than a square centimeter of green' … color needs surface area to in order to function in painting and what is does is it wants to spread… color needs a fairly large surface area in order to function at all and to generate chords between colors…"