Richard Taylor has poised me a question about my paintings and the lens-eye of a camera, how is the image transferred? I guess this is a question about if the small digital images of my work accurately represent the paintings.
I certainly don’t prefer them in these small images, I have been enjoying the paintings as objects as opposed to 2D images so seeing them digitalized and shrunk takes away from their aura. But the translation between object and digital image has been playing on my mind recently, predominantly how can I accurately represent the colours of my paintings when they look different at different times of the day? Different colours pop under different light temperatures, sections glisten under one light but retreat under another. Is there a truth or will they remain objects with an appearance constantly in flux?
Perhaps this is an ineffectual thing to reflect over. I don’t think about what colours I apply when I’m painting, not technically, not by any math or science, I just grab brushes and apply whatever to the canvas, I’m barely concerned with feeling what’s ‘right’, I’m just enjoying stroking the paint laden brush over the surface again and again. Painting has fallen in line with the other mediums I work with, my interest lies in the ritual of creation and the resulting painting is just a residue.
