New Blue Diptychs - a Different Direction
Last week I made three new diptychs. I received the new free Manganese Blue color from R&F Paint (offer no longer available) and decided to use it along with my usual pallette of blues to make some new pieces on the 16"x16" Rodney Thompson panels I still had. I'm getting ready for my show with Lynette Haggard at ArtSpace and wanted to make some smaller work.
Limiting my color to a particular small range is unusual for me, but a practice I think it is helpful to try - at least every once in a while.
Thinking Sideways, encaustic and mixed media, 2009, each panel 16" x 16" x 1.5"
Using just the blues (plus a couple of greens, greys and black and white)*, I found myself making very loose, boundaryless marks - not like my usual work. I did incorporate some dried tubers** and things that I had in the studio that gave some form and focus to the pieces.
Exploring the Deep, encaustic and mixed media, 2009, each panel 16" x 16" x 1.5"
This work seemed to lend itself to the diptych format, but I thought that the two halves needed to have a significant difference between them. Filling sections of one half of each diptych with repetitive small forms brought in a geometric element but didn't create the boundaries between areas that I usually make. It allowed me to stay loose but still include some gridded areas. I am really pleased with this work and I can see a series in it.
This work seemed to lend itself to the diptych format, but I thought that the two halves needed to have a significant difference between them. Filling sections of one half of each diptych with repetitive small forms brought in a geometric element but didn't create the boundaries between areas that I usually make. It allowed me to stay loose but still include some gridded areas. I am really pleased with this work and I can see a series in it.
Outreach, encaustic and mixed media, 2009, each panel 16" x 16" x 1.5"
*I should say that these are the colors on top. Underneath I have a lot more color - mostly warm to hot.
**I'm not going into a lot of detail about this because I think it's only important to my process and it's better if people (viewers) don't get distracted by focusing on this stuff.
*I should say that these are the colors on top. Underneath I have a lot more color - mostly warm to hot.
**I'm not going into a lot of detail about this because I think it's only important to my process and it's better if people (viewers) don't get distracted by focusing on this stuff.
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