One of de Kooning's most famous paintings is Woman I, which is the main reason as to why I selected it. I want to focus on a painting that captures Willem de Kooning's essence as a whole.

This piece looks like it has a random assortment of colors and shapes that somehow create the image of this woman. If I only look at sixths of the picture at a time (ie only seeing the bottom sixth), I can’t even tell that there are legs or arms or breasts (but I can for the face) in the painting because they just look like shapes to me.

The colors seem to fade into each other while still being prominent in their own spaces. While there are a good amount of lighter colors, I get pulled into noticing the darker colors more, and that leaves the tone to seem heavy, dark, and angry. The darker colors seem to outline to woman.

The shapes look as if they are very much rounded polygons.

The colors and shapes don't seem to be like random spots of paint like in some of Pollock's paintings. They seem carefully constructed even though their outcome doesn't look as such.