Can you isolate a color from your memory or your culture or art history? Just the word Blues triggers an association in your mind. “Feelin’ blue”–you hear the music in your head. Our culture and history are loaded (and weighed down) with the symbolism of certain colors. In 15th century France red was the color […]
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Those Blues
Posted in abstraction, Color, Seeing, Semiotics, Technique and Demo, tagged alizarin crimson, Blue, cerulean, Homage to the Square, Josef Albes, Keven Wilder, ultramarine on February 19, 2019| 2 Comments »
Purple to Green
Posted in abstraction, Achievement, Color, Seeing, Technique and Demo, tagged Bauhaus School, Berlin, Black Mountain School, color, Dessau, Interaction of Color, Josef Albers, Michael Quoss, Weimar on March 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »
In this painting, the rectangular shapes were added last. They add a counterpoint to the curved forms, create planes in perspective and play on the idea of frames within frames. The most startling discovery for us in class, however, was the fact that the purple square became green as it crossed the purple field. (This […]
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