This painting by Les Namingha is entitled, “Segment with Line Break”.  It is a painting on board using a acrylic. The piece has a texture in the “line break”.  First about the “line break”.  This might be seen as a “spirit line” used in pottery, which is a space in the painted line around the the neck of a jar.  In the pottery of Nampeyo of Hano, using a “line break” is often considered a hallmark of her pottery.  Interestingly on this piece, the line is impressed into the painting, so that it has a recessed feel!  The “segment” part of the painting are the four shapes (two triangles, one half circle and a trapezoid).  They are all shapes seen in the designs on Hopi-Tewa pottery.  Les has both minimalized them and used primary colors for them.  Much as they are the “primary” shapes, they are represented here in the primary colors.  It’s fascinating that such a small painting can have such a depth of context! It is signed on the front and also on the back.