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Palettes

When I first started painting abstracts, my approach to color was to pursue sharp contrasts and multiple colors.  Because my technical skills and knowledge of relationships were minimal, I often produced grey, gloppy messes. Along the way I became interested in artists like Richard Diebenkorn (and in particular, his Ocean Park series), where the beauty of the work often comes from subtle gradations of color laid one upon the other.  I also started to explore Color Field works, particularly those of Mark Rothko, and found stunning examples of both analogous and complementary colors. The last few months I have been taking a deep dive into using analogous colors, and the interaction of those colors with textures
Element Blue
Element Gold
Element Green
Element Red
One Take
Peninsula
Foliage
Gold Profile
Faux Wall
Layers and Dots
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