David Pagel reviews the exhibition John Pearson: Color Rise at Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, on view through October 29, 2011.

Pagel writes that "six human-size paintings by John Pearson are a breath of fresh air. Worlds away from the high-powered drive to turn art into history, the gentle weirdness and go-it-alone integrity of the 71-year-old, British-born, Ohio-based painter's quirky works capture the atmosphere of the old days, when artists did their own thing and expected to be ignored for it. Pearson’s paintings, on beveled, S-shaped canvases, coax loads of nuance from modest means."