Spectra
I’ve been painting a lot recently trying to build an arsenal for a commission, the colors of which I am still debating. As a result, I’ve been casting a wider net so I could use actual art to visualize where I’m going with it. This is the result.
I think that’s 36 separate canvases making up the string. Ultimately, I will narrow the color field and paint a lot more smaller canvases to increase the texture and design range within the colors.
The above was photoshopped from these:
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I’ll post some of the individual pieces after the jump.
Click the thumbnails to see them full sized.
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-JD
Mary J. Blige is going to sing us out tonight in old school soul style.
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January 12, 2010 at 11:41 am
i love seeing these. seeing them arranged like this all by color is so satisfying. it’s like looking through a really good candy store. i’m fascinated by displays of multiples of the same object in different colors. all beautiful! those ones with the repeating little circles are super fun!
January 12, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Thanks, Steph! The circles are my current “thing.” These seem more like a half tone pattern or shoe tread than polka dots, but sooner or later I’ll get to those. I like playing with the Hue tool on photoshop too. Probably too much…
January 12, 2010 at 5:05 pm
i’m all about round things these days, too. we shouldoughtta collaborate on something some time somehow.
January 12, 2010 at 1:19 pm
ha! just like the day i spent playing with all your mini encausetics on the floor!
i am enjoying seeing these arranged this way too, and steph nailed it down with the word “satisfying” because it completely feeds into some OCD part of my head and now i want to go re-arrange my closet or something. on an individual level i find myself very drawn to the green lattice one.
January 12, 2010 at 4:12 pm
If you saw the state of the apartment around these photos, your OCD parts would vomit blood. I can’t create order without generating twice as much chaos
January 12, 2010 at 5:08 pm
oh you would have LOVED the old Salvation Army in N’hamp, t! big and all arranged by color. it was aweesome!