The Fish Catchers

An older painting done in the doodleism style, this one depicts fish falling from the sky and some curious onlookers. Instead of signing it where I normally would in the bottom right, the signature is incorporated into a graffiti on the wall, front center. There is a haunting castle in the background, and some marshy areas around. The painting has a futuristic look to it, like the flying fish have taken over or something like that.

The colour palette for this one was  pastel, with a difficult purple-yellow complimentary colour scheme.  In a few spots there is red-green, just above the heads of the two characters, and some blue-orange, in the characters themselves. Purple-yellow schemes are difficult because the yellow is easily over-done, one has to blend it carefully. It also helped to have the cold greens throughout. I do not think consciously about colour very much, when the colours are off, you feel it, when the colours are on, it gives a kind of subliminal satisfaction. Now that would make a good name for a painting!

15x15" cold press, watercolour, 2007