Gene Davis

by | Apr 21, 2011 | Blog

“…look at the painting in terms of individual colors. In other words, instead of simply glancing at the work, select a specific color such as yellow or a lime green, and take the time to see how it operates across the painting. Approached this way, something happens, I can’t explain it. But one must enter the painting through the door of a single color. And then, you can understand what my painting is all about.”

–Gene Davis in an interview with Donald Wall, in Donald Wall, ed., Gene Davis
(New York, Praeger Publishers, 1975) p.31

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http://www.artnet.com/awc/gene-davis.html

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Marine Fish

by | Apr 18, 2011 | Blog

For my current project at uni I am learning about colour, my inspiration found in marine fish. I love their vibrant colours and combinations of colour. Interpreting the fish in colour palettes has allowed me to investigate the colours in a theoretical way, putting in to practice the colour theory i have learnt; looking closely at the tones and shades as well as proportions of colour. The colour theory exercises I have undertaken have helped greatly with my colour mixing skills.

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Mark Rothko

by | Apr 17, 2011 | Blog

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Mark Rothko was a colour field painter, he is known for his large scale paintings of colour usually in rectangular blocks on a coloured background. A lot of thought was put in to the composition, scale, depth and balance of the paintings, they are often based on human emotions and the huge scale is designed to encompass the viewer. I have found his work very inspiring for my colour project, how he has used colour, the proportions and palettes. To draw something I can just pick out the colour to draw rather than getting distracted with the actual shapes and forms.

http://www.nga.gov/feature/rothko/

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Autumn Leaves

by | Oct 7, 2010 | Blog

These are the autumn leaves I am looking at for my uni project. I love the colours as they change, hopefully they will help me to start using colour in my work more successfully.

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