Outer Dark
Posted by Jona8than | Labels: exhibition, Peter Doig, print | Posted On Friday, November 12, 2010 at 2:35 p.m.
It's a little different than my usual work. Trying something new with that big area of blankness in the middle as well as a slightly new colour. I did like the purple, been looking at some Peter Doig works on paper. But might just be a bit too much. Trying to expand the palette a bit. Peter Doig has some wonderful works on paper, where he experiments with colour ideas and different marks before committing to a large canvas. There is one in the book where he has this winter scene done in this cadmium red colour. Such emotion in it because of that. This anxious, intimidating feeling. Many people who have seen my work have commented that they would like to see more colourful work.
So I would like to oblige them, but not by making it any more cheerful.
Little shot of how I work. A lot of sketching and I swear by markers, they give me the speed I desire when trying to get an image down.
