Artist #15: Jasper Johns

The first painting I saw by Jasper was the number 5 (pictured above), but I did not realize this right away. He used various shades of black and white and different directional brush strokes so the number is almost hidden in the painting. Other paintings I saw included letters and numbers disguised by the use of color and stroke. I really enjoy this idea, mostly because I love to incorporate letters into my own work but I never thought about numbers. He also paints the alphabet in a large grid, which is an extremely interesting piece (shown above).