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Women
palette Homages 2

Woodstock, NY. 2025

Women Artists' palettes inspire the color choices.

No representation -
just color fields / action painting

Azank’s homages shine a light on the, by now of course, less under-represented female color pioneers, but this tipping of the hat to the greats that came before him has magically created equality - because in the end it is the work that earns your place in history, hopefully, and not your assigned gender. While we try to culturally gender color all the time, in reality, there is no such thing as differences in wavelengths our eyes can perceive. Color is of nature, but nature does not codify gender the way we thought.
from Moni Schifler-Azank's essay "Does Color have a Gender?
Wavefield #258, after a Palette by Aleksandra Ekster. 2025, 12_ x 12_, 30cm x 30cm, oil on
Wavefield #258, after a Palette by Aleksandra Ekster. 10/2025, 12" x 12", 30cm x 30cm, oil on board
Aleksandra Ekster Color Palette. Wavefield #258.jpg
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Wavefield #257, after a Palette by Lyubov Popova. 2025, 12_ x 12_, 30cm x 30cm, oil on boa
Wavefield #257, after a Palette by Lyubov Popova. 10/2025, 12" x 12", 30cm x 30cm, oil on board
Lyubov Popova Color Palette. Wavefield #257.jpg
Wavefield #249, after a Palette by Lois M. Jones. 2025, 12_ x 12_, 30cm x 30cm, oil on boa
Wavefield #249, after a Palette by Lois Mailou Jones. 10/2025, 12" x 12", 30cm x 30cm, oil on ABS board.
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Wavefield #245, after a Palette by Tarsila Do Amaral, 2025, 12_ x 12_, 30cm x 30cm, oil on
Wavefield #245, after a Palette by Tarsila do Amaral. 10/2025, 12" x 12", 30cm x 30cm, oil on ABS board.
Tarsila Do Amaral Color Palette. Wavefield #245 by Roberto Azank.jpg
Wavefield #241, after a Palette by Joan Mitchell, 9_2025, 12_ x 12_, 30cm x 30cm, oil on b
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Wavefield #238, after a Palette by Pacita Abad. 2025, 12_ x 12_, 30cm x 30cm, oil on board
Wavefield #238, after a Palette by Pacita Abad.
9/2025, 12" x 12", 30cm x 30cm, oil on ABS board.
Pacita Abad Color Palette. Wavefield #238. Roberto Azank.jpg
Wavefield #241, after a Palette by Joan Mitchell. 10/2025, 12" x 12", 30cm x 30cm, oil on ABS board.
Joan Mitchell Color Palette. Wavefield #241. Roberto Azank.jpg
Wavefield #237, after a Palette by Helen Frankenthaler. 2025, 12_ x 12_, 30cm x 30cm, oil
Wavefield #237, after a Palette by Helen Frankenthaler. 9/2025, 12" x 12", 30cm x 30cm, oil on ABS board.
Helen Frankenthaler Color Palette. Wavefield #237. Roberto Azank.jpg
Wavefield #235, after a Palette by Aleksandra Ekster. 2025, 12_ x 12_, 30cm x 30cm, oil on
Wavefield #235, after a Palette by Aleksandra Ekster.  9/2025, 12" x 12", 30cm x 30cm, oil on ABS board.
Aleksandra Ekster Color Palette. Wavefield #235.jpg
Interview 2024 - Video

A candid interview where Roberto explains the how's and why's of the new abstract work that emerged in 2023-24.

Wavefield #234, after a Palette by Lyubov Popova. 2025, 12_ x 12_, 30cm x 30cm, oil on boa
Wavefield #234, after a Palette by Lyubov Popova. 9/2025, 12" x 12", 30cm x 30cm, oil on ABS board.
Lyubov Popova Color Palette. Wavefield #234.jpg
Wavefield #234, after a Palette by Lyubov Popova. 2025, diagonal.jpg
Alternate View: Wavefield #234.
Wavefield #233, after a Palette by Marianne von Werefkin. 2025, 12_ x 12_, 30cm x 30cm, oi
Wavefield #233, after a Palette by Marianne von Werefkin. 9/2025, 12" x 12", 30cm x 30cm, oil on ABS board.
Marianne von Werefkin Color Palette. Wavefield #233.jpg
Wavefield #232, after a Palette by Marianne von Werefkin. 2025, 12_ x 12_, 30cm x 30cm, oi
Wavefield #232, after a Palette by Marianne von Werefkin. 9/2025, 12" x 12", 30cm x 30cm, oil on ABS board.
Marianne von Werefkin Color Palette. Wavefield #232.jpg
Wavefield #231, after a Palette by Marianne von Werefkin. 2025, 12_ x 12_, 30cm x 30cm, oi
Wavefield ##231, after a Palette by Marianne von Werefkin. 9/2025, 12" x 12", 30cm x 30cm, oil on ABS board.
Marianne von Werefkin Color Palette. Wavefield #231.jpg
Wavefield #228, after a Palette by Hannah Höch. 2025, 12_ x 12_, 30cm x 30cm, oil on board
Wavefield #228, after a Palette by Hannah Höch. 9/2025, 12" x 12", 30cm x 30cm, oil on ABS board.
Hannah Hoch Color Palette, Wavefield #228 by Roberto Azank.jpg
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Wavefield #227, after a Palette by Hannah Höch. 2025, 12_ x 12_, 30cm x 30cm, oil on board
Wavefield #227, after a Palette by Hannah Höch. 9/2025, 12" x 12", 30cm x 30cm, oil on ABS board.
Hannah Hoch Color Palette, Wavefield #227 by Roberto Azank.jpg
Wavefield #225, after a Palette by Hannah Höch. 2025, 12_ x 12_, 30cm x 30cm, oil on board
Wavefield #225, after a Palette by Hannah Höch. 9/2025, 12" x 12", 30cm x 30cm, oil on ABS board.
Hannah Hoch Color Palette, Wavefield #225 by Roberto Azank.jpg
Wavefield #226, after a Palette by Helen Frankenthaler, 2025, 12_ x 12_, 30cm x 30cm, oil
Wavefield #226, after a Palette by Helen Frankenthaler. 9/2025, 12" x 12", 30cm x 30cm, oil on ABS board.
Helen Frankenthaler Color Palette. Wavefield #226, by Roberto Azank.jpg
Wavefield #224, after a Palette by Armita Sher-Gil. 2025, 12_ x 12_, 30cm x 30cm, oil on b
Wavefield #224, after a Palette by Armita Sher-Gilr, 9/2025, 12" x 12", 30cm x 30cm, oil on ABS board.
Armita Sher-Gil Color Palette. Wavefield #224, by Roberto Azank.jpg
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