One of the most important works of public art within the Scottsdale Civic Center Plaza is Robert Indiana’s popular “Love” sculpture. I have often photographed it with my tutorial students, and always related its oversized letters to some kind of human behavior. (See http://www.pbase.com/image/23370265 ) The most powerful aspect of this sculpture is its brilliant primary color: red. On my most recent visit with a tutorial student, we were fortunate to find a man repainting the sculpture. I include only the upper portions of the letters “L” and “O” here, and link the brilliant red coloration to a roller loaded with red paint that hangs in mid-air after a decisive thrust. It is the nature of color itself, particularly primary colors such as red and blue, that makes the image work. Without this man’s red roller, frozen in time as it is raised against the deep blue sky, this image could not function as expression.