David Pease (American, 1932–2018), 'Key Incident', April 1994. Gouache on paper. Part of Pease's "Key Incidents" sampler works. Signed to center-right. From David's Notes from the Road Exhbition on this artwork: "The paintings in this exhibition were triggered by an event on a trip to Tortola in 1994. I had gone snorkeling in the bay in front of the resort where we were staying. When I got out of the water, I realized our room key had fallen out of my swimsuit, so I went to the office, explained the situation, and received a replacement. The next day I went swimming. Realizing I must be near the area where I had lost the key, I looked down on the bottom, and there it was. Later that day there was a photo shoot on the beach, and one of the models was wearing a spectacularly red bathing suit. I started keeping track of other events, incidents, and "color" experiences that occurred on the trip. When I got back to my studio, I did this painting in which I recorded color "stand-ins" for the duration of the trip. There are ten rows (ten days) and twenty-four columns (hours in a day). Two years later, I began to think more about paintings as a narrative timeline. A calendar of selected events. A way of tracking and recording memory."
Paper: H 30 in. W 22-1/2 in.
Exhibited: David Pease: Notes from the Road, Yale University, Henry Koerner Center for Emeritus Faculty, Oct.–Dec. 2019.
Published: David Pease: Notes from the Road, 2016.
Provenance: Estate of David and Julie Pease. 

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