Exploring Colour in the Abstract
My latest painting is an extension of exploring the concept of paint pallets. I have tried to recreate the effect of various paint pallets within one painting, with the hope that this would help me explore colour in a more dynamic, unstructured way.
I often find my works becoming to static and limited to my own subconscious nuances. I thought by attempting to imitate a random action (with pallets even if the colour mixing isn’t entirely random the textures, patterns and overall composition is) it would help my painting to be more fluid and dynamic in composition and colour.
If I wanted my work to be as ‘radom and as dynamic as a paint pallete, surley I should produce a work comprised of paint pallets- or a single palette?
Yes and no. My main purpose for working like this is to explore colour to its fullest potential- and by doing this I am working in a different way than I usually would- thereby producing different coloury effects. It sounds almost counter intuitive in field where I can produce anything I want to, but to me abstract painting is very limited. It’s limited to the painter producing it.
I can’t think of things I can’t think of, and am thereby limited to my thoughts. By basing my abstract paintings on ‘something’ (something that I hope is constructive) I will achieve different results than if I didn’t. Which when wanting to explore something, is only a good thing.
