Poured Lines: Light Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Orange, Yellow, Red © Ian Davenport  Artist   Ian DAVENPORT Title   Poured Lines: Light Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Orange, Yellow, Red    Date   1995 Medium   Household paint on canvas Dimensions   213.4(H) x 213.4(W) Inscription   verso tr (red paint): Poured Lines: / Light Red, Green, / Blue, Yellow, Orange, / Yellow, Red / Davenport 1995 Acquisition   Purchased from Waddington Galleries, March 1998 Number   17313 Description Ian Davenport is one of a number of contemporary artists who have continued the tradition of post-war abstract painting. He typically drips or pours paint down canvases in a variety of ways, exploiting the properties of different paints to produce vibrant contrasts and startling visual effects. Unlike some "action painters" such as the American Abstract Expressionist, Jackson Pollock, Davenport does not approach his works intuitively. He plans his paintings carefully in advance and deliberately controls their eventual appearance. Davenport was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1991 and his works are exhibited widely.