Hattah is about to begin and it is that final week of signing and glazing the work, a relief to see it all coming together and that panic to do just a couple more. Or finish a couple more. At 35 images I should probably stop.
This series takes a closer look at colour. Just like Vermeer and Monet, colour have always fascinated and delighted me, but I have often been lazy and a little un concerned about colour choice. This time I made a choice but it wasn't just the colour it was the type of colour.
Red is not just red... it is a warm red or a cool red. Blue can be cool or warm, even orange can be cool or warm. It was a wonderful connection to make a fresh. The tone of the painting could be set by the warmth of colour chosen.
Monet also inspired the series I produced. That notion of return. Returning to the same subject again again til it is truly known, truly understood in all lights.
My time at Hattah was just that; a chance to beat the light at dawn and dusk...to hold onto the colours of that moment. To secure them in one sketch.
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