The Summer Knows 2
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2026
Patrick Piccinelli
The Summer Knows 2
2026
Acrylic paint, pigment, varnish
Acrylic paint, pigment, varnish
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(I created a work on paper (32.5 x 32.5 cm) with a similar composition.)
This work on canvas is inspired by the title of Tony Bennett's song: The Summer Knows (composition by Michel Legrand).
The vivid, almost aggressive red that occupies the upper part of the composition is a direct reference to summer light at its zenith—not the gentleness of spring, but the dry intensity of July. Beside it, the watercolor orange adds a thermal vibration, as if the heat were visible, rippling slightly across the surface of the paper.
The fuchsia pink at the bottom introduces a different temporality: softer, more intimate, it evokes twilight, the end of summer, the awareness that the season is passing.
The composition of quasi-geometric blocks is reminiscent of Mondrian, but here the rectangles don't fit together perfectly—they overlap, spilling slightly beyond their boundaries. This slight disorder is also "summery": summer never fits exactly within its allotted frame. It overflows. It exceeds.
(I created a work on paper (32.5 x 32.5 cm) with a similar composition.)
This work on canvas is inspired by the title of Tony Bennett's song: The Summer Knows (composition by Michel Legrand).
The vivid, almost aggressive red that occupies the upper part of the composition is a direct reference to summer light at its zenith—not the gentleness of spring, but the dry intensity of July. Beside it, the watercolor orange adds a thermal vibration, as if the heat were visible, rippling slightly across the surface of the paper.
The fuchsia pink at the bottom introduces a different temporality: softer, more intimate, it evokes twilight, the end of summer, the awareness that the season is passing.
The composition of quasi-geometric blocks is reminiscent of Mondrian, but here the rectangles don't fit together perfectly—they overlap, spilling slightly beyond their boundaries. This slight disorder is also "summery": summer never fits exactly within its allotted frame. It overflows. It exceeds.
