Lousy Fear

Larry Poons's Lousy Fear (1970) is an acrylic on canvas painting. The title suggests emotional content contrasting with the formal concerns of Color Field painting. Paint is poured and manipulated across the canvas in complex layers, creating a rich surface of interacting colors. Lousy Fear represents Poons's move away from precise dot paintings toward spontaneous, gestural abstraction.

Poons's poured paintings of the 1970s represent a significant evolution from precise geometry to expressive gesture.

This painting with its evocative title combines formal Color Field concerns with personal expression.