Thursday, 6 December 2012

Huge Pink Abstract Painting - Pink

Pink
30x36 inches, acrylic on canvas

This huge pink abstract painting evolved from an idea, that once I got started, turned a very sharp left.  The pink part was only supposed to be an underpainting, to be seen in bits a pieces, through a layer of dark purple.  But once I got started I just couldn't stop.

What I absolutely love about painting is the subtle colour variations you get by adding just a tiny bit of colour to an already existing colour.  I know we all mixed red and blue in kindergarten or grade one and were astonished to get the colour purple.  (Actually the girl next to me did it and I was perplexed and jealous of her because it didn't seem to work for me.)  But the range of colour that exists, just waiting to happen, by adding a bit of red, or yellow, or white, even blue, really turns my crank.  I'm not sure why.  I just love it, like a songstress hitting a note she loves to sing.

So, needless to say, I became quite mesmerized by all these subtle shades and couldn't and didn't stop until this painting was complete, not purple like I had planned, but PINK.  


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