190cm x 140cm (75″ x 51″)
Into the Blue is a large rectangular abstract painting that was created with four shades of blue. Added to this was a small selection of complimentary colours comprising of orange, aqua, pink and purple.
The colour choices are wonderful and are entirely sea-themed in my brain (you may see it as something else). The whole foundation of the painting was to create something that reminded me of the great oceans and the power and beauty they possess. There is great majesty in the selection of blue colours here and that is, for me, the main event.
Blue can be such an evocative colour and one that lends itself to endless forms of expression. In this instance I have used four shades – including my own formulation of metallic painting called Swarez Blue (a spectacular paint with an unspectacular name!). Three further shades are used and I blended these with a couple of paint brushes to form different sweeping masses of colour – all differing in their lustre and intensity.
It’s actually been very difficult to photograph these subtle tones as the paint surface is very reflective. That’s because of the gloss medium in the paints and the fact I haven’t used any thinners ( a compound that naturally dissolves the glossiness the more you add). Here’s what i can tell you though – if you like the idea of being in a warm ocean swell, surrounded by all the joy and pleasure that brings, then you won’t be disappointed. These four blue paint colours are just sublime.
Next we have the only focal point of the painting – the complimentary mass that’s positioned over to one side. These are just four colours and were applied whilst I was doing the main blue layers, so it’s a panting that feels like it has a front and back but in reality it’s all one layer.
It’s a neat visual trick as it happens and one that I can do quite easily these days. It involves some deft use of a paint brush – notably the ability to blend the blue with the same brush as the four other colours; this creates small hybrid areas of colour that are nether foreground or background and as such provide a ‘bridge’ between the two, if that makes any sense?
The result of this subtle blending between colours is a small series of movements that look like they appear out of the depths at just the right moment. Be sure to check out the video below to see how I put all this together.
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