Wow, I thoroughly enjoyed this presentation! Thank you for sharing this with us. I was an art student back in the '80s and then had a career in graphic design & advertising. During the lockdowns of the pandemic I rediscovered my love of abstract painting and have just been accepted into my first juried show at age 58! I have become slightly obsessed with the mid-century American masters, and RD is right up there for me with Frankenthaler and Twombly. Thank you so much for this deep dive!

Thank you so much for this. Diebenkorn was such a master and remains an inspiration.

I recently discovered Diebenkorn's work and now I am fascinated by everything Diebenkorn-related. I found the "notes to myself" and printed them out in large lettering in my studio (such as it is). Then I watched your video and was delighted to see that you included those same "notes to myself" in your talk. It was nice to see the handwritten version since I had only seen the words printed. I also loved how you showed what Diebenkorn wrote to himself on his paintings. You gave a true glimpse into the artist and for that I am very grateful

Excellent! I so appreciate this video! Thank you for creating and offering it. I'll be watching it many times, I'm sure.

Thank you for sharing this talk. Diebenkorn is such a master, and hearing about his own grapple with doubt is really helpful.

When I attended Art Center College of Design, I studied with Richard Diebenkorn. What a sweet, wonderful man.

Very insightful and helpful. Gives me more understanding and appreciation for Diebenkorn’s work. Thank you!

Thank you for this fantastic talk.

Informative round up of the three stages. Thank you.

Thank you for making this video- I enjoyed it very much :-)

One of the best videos of Diebenkorn online! Thank you so much. Would you nind sharing from where do you got tthe quotes from Richard?

Thank you so much for this insight and inspiration, this is one of my favourite videos i have found in youtube of lately. Definetly coming back for this one.

Really enjoyed your commentary, John.

Thank you from Italy!

Thank you for this very interesting analysis. You are a fantastic teacher.

Doubt is the wrong word to use about Cezanne. Revision would be better. In this regard, Cezanne follows on from Daumier who made drawings analogous to modelling in clay as opposed to modelling in stone. This approach dominated Modernism. Also, the quote from Hughes is confusing. It conflates 'seeing' with representation. We all see perfectly well, and if our seeing becomes less accurate we get our eyes to be checked. That is why revisions to a work in progress only make sense when art operates by representation as opposed to seeing.

His paintings to me are very lonely and detached. And his figures seem awkward. He has a great sense of colour but overall they are important because to me they show the loneliness and detachment of American society. I see a nice man who was full of doubts which makes a change from a lot of Americans who appear over confident.