Works In Progress
Working on a large piece of plywood board at the moment, and had the idea of creating a large painting that had a very neutral colour for the majority of the board with some small patches of bright, dominant colour, blue in this case. I thought this would have a balancing effect between the expanse of the calm surround and the dominant blue. Not sure how it’s working at the moment, it currently only has four layers, so I will keep working on it and see what it turns out like. I think that the size of the neutral area may be a bit too big and exaggerated.
The second two paintings are smaller and contain the same form which simply consists of two lines of colour on a neutral background. I’ve realised that I mostly work with the colours red and blue, very occasionally green, so this might be something I should consider asking myself.
Two large squares of wooden board have been started and I’ve slightly changed my ideas for these. One of them I have had cut to fit a wooden frame I had spare, as I no longer work on canvas, this one is blue, and the other smaller square is red. I had the idea of reversing the use of the colour, so with these, instead of having a blue or red square on a neutral background, I will try having a neutral square on a blue/red border/background and see how this works. Currently they each have two very thin layers of colour on.
The next painting is slightly different, as I had it cut to leave a diagonal edge at the bottom. I’m also going to use both sides to paint on, as I had the idea of hanging it from one corner to display from the ceiling, enabling it to turn gently or be turned in order to view both sides. On each side will be a blue and a red painting in the same format as I have used before.
