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Detail of La Charrette 10 March 2008 Acrylic on wood 50cm x 100cm (20in x 39in) ● Sold GW Back to Archive│ Back to La Charrette I am in my black and white realistic period . My last paintings have only used black and the grays leading to white with much less abstraction. I was calling these paintings Townscapes but, that just doesn't seem right any longer. For right now they are my "Current Work".
They are designed to change
character as you view them from different distances. Real or at least
quasi real from a distance to total abstractions on closer inspection.
That part has not changed. I still want both the almost real
from a distance and then the gradual change to the realization that it
is also total hard edged abstraction at closer distances. Light and the
absence of light are major components in the success of these abstract
paintings of ordinary reality.
In my mental exploration of
light and the absence of light made by natural and man made structures,
it seemed logical to explore maximum contrasts with no color to
influence the viewer's eye. Instead, I am using contrast as my primary
visual composition tool.
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