1/1/2024 0 Comments Painting with analogous colors![]() ![]() Usually, the image of a green dot (the red dot’s complement) materialized on the card’s reverse, blank white surface. You were probably asked to stare closely at the red dot for a short time, and then told to quickly turn the card over and see what’s there. I suspect almost everyone reading this has at some point, been given a white card with a bright red dot on one side. Here’s the rub, the receptors in our eyes can, and often do, become oversaturated with color-including our harmonious/analogous hues. Each color is directly related to, and harmonious with, the one directly beside it. That’s one reason why a rainbow seems so glorious. Analogous colors are quite gorgeous in their own right. Here’s my take on why this looks so fabulous. (By the way, if you look, you’ll see Payne’s tree-filled foreground has red in it) Those I’ve shared this concept with, over the years, are often surprised at the range of color trees seem to suddenly have. Here we have three analogous (or related) “blues”, woven together with a muted variation of their complement-orange. In this instance, the illustration’s colors loosely correspond to those found in the Matterhorn’s sky. I’ve attempted to reproduce the diagram drawn for me so long ago. It’s only that more understated (and equally beautiful) versions of its application would be correspondingly less obvious in relating the information. That isn’t to say they’re not breathtaking pieces of art-because they are. I should add, the paintings shown to help illustrate my points are somewhat exaggerated examples of the theory’s use. It immediately began to make more sense out of the colors I’d been seeing outdoors and helped answer a few questions I’d had regarding several Early California Impressionist paintings. I think he knew it would be a great fit for me at the time. Several days before he was to fly home, my painter friend sat down and began to tell me about (what he called) - The Analogous/Complementary Color Solution. Roughly thirty years ago, I was busy spending a zillion hours painting outdoors, had recently been introduced to the Early California Impressionists and had one of America’s top artists staying with us. continually influencing how I paint and take in the world about me.Ī bunch of stuff came together about the time this was passed along to me. Though rarely applied openly in my own work these days, this concept is there, like a computer program running quietly in the background. The enormous number of color theories within art, are very much open to one’s own personality and preference. If that’s you, please know I understand and wish you the best. There’ll simply be those who haven’t much time for this approach to color. What I’m about to share here won’t be for everyone. This month we’ll be stepping back into color. Kaphar delves into American history depicting events predominantly around issues of slavery, incarceration or colonialism, the continuous narrative throughout his work.The Matterhorn from Zermatt - Edgar Payne (c1923) Notably, Henri Matisse and Diego Velázquez are two of his favorite painters from the Old-Master period. A gifted artist, I was immediately drawn in by his classically-inspired painterly style, brought into contemporary relevance by layering sections of manipulated canvas as a device to stand in for specific emotions or lack thereof. I first discovered Titus Kaphar’s paintings at the Jack Shainman Gallery in 2015. And so this time, America must hear her voice.” I want to be certain that her story is told. She walks me through the flames of rage, My black mother rescues me yet again. I can change nothing in this world, but in paint, I can realize her, That brings me solace…not hope, but solace. To appreciate it’s full context, along with the painting Kaphar wrote: Time’s iconic red borders list the names of 35 black men and women killed by systemic racism frame the painting. It also references George Floyd calling out for his mother during his arrest and drew his last breath while pinned down by 4 police officers. Titus Kaphar’s “Analogous Colors” is the painting of a black mother in emotional distress holding the silhouette of a child she has lost with the canvas cut away to convey her loss. ![]()
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