The greatest painting of the 21st century is not what you think it is.

It isn’t abstract, but it also isn’t very realistic.

It’s not “epic,” it’s not dramatic, it isn’t political or historical or even all that psychological.

The painting is quite simple—though it still takes its time.

It is at once specific and universal.

It is Mark Tennant’s “Clothesline,” which he painted in 2018. […]