Red Egg

Red Egg is one of my earliest explorations of modernist sensibility while adhering to my core interest in direct observation as a realist. The central form is rendered with bold, saturated color masses that create dimensionality relying on traditional shading. The egg and shadows thrust forward, asserting their presence and kinship with the picture frame — a hallmark of my early visual thinking

The painting reflects the influence of museum visits in my youth and the guidance of a modernist master, both of which shaped his approach to abstraction and stillness.

Richard L Tuck, Red Egg, oil on canvas, 24×32, 1975