stlukesguild
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I took a class to retain my teaching license in the Fall/Winter semester shortly after completing the previous pastel painting, Speak No Evil. Over the summer I had a chance to see Rothko's Seagrams paintings and I was impressed at just how expressive a large field of color... especially RED... could be.
During the semester, I had the chance to hang a bunch of my paintings in the school gallery and photograph them. I was struck by the sheer impact of the RED... especially under the spotlights. I began a new painting with the aim of using color similar to that of Speak No Evil... even toying with the idea of making a triptych. I moved the figure lower in the composition to suggests (perhaps) visual weight pushing down on her... as well as to increase the amount of RED. I even chose to place her in a dress... based on the dress in a photograph of an old college girlfriend... to allow for even more RED:
The painting is very simple... but I feel it is still effective. If I were to do it again today I know of a lot of things I would add and/or do differently... but I've come to accept that I am not the same artist now as I was then.
During the semester, I had the chance to hang a bunch of my paintings in the school gallery and photograph them. I was struck by the sheer impact of the RED... especially under the spotlights. I began a new painting with the aim of using color similar to that of Speak No Evil... even toying with the idea of making a triptych. I moved the figure lower in the composition to suggests (perhaps) visual weight pushing down on her... as well as to increase the amount of RED. I even chose to place her in a dress... based on the dress in a photograph of an old college girlfriend... to allow for even more RED:
The painting is very simple... but I feel it is still effective. If I were to do it again today I know of a lot of things I would add and/or do differently... but I've come to accept that I am not the same artist now as I was then.
