Back in 2000 my 'decade resolution' was to do a lot of abstract painting. I embarked on a series of really creative, weirdo paintings that really expanded my mind and repertoire, eventually leading to the doodleism style. One nice example of the abstract style was Totems, which I just added an updated scan you can see by clicking the link, a few others come to mind such as Calling Dali, and Dark Happy Thoughts. Clearly I was going through a darker time or depression, which I do recall. This painting had no date or name to it, so I just called it 'Cathedral Mopers' because they look like they are moping about, or perhaps mopping, or both depending on how many p's there are. I'm not sure where the fascination with cathedrals came from, in a previous blog for Escape Route, I wrote that it was the first instance of stained glass, so this one may have been the same year. Funny enough, I forgot to colour in the stained glass even though there is coloured reflections on the floor, or maybe that was the point? Let's call this the 'Stained Glass Phase' of my painting oeuvre.
This is a good example of how to create dark tones using neutralizing complements, the mixes were based on alizarin crimson and viridian hue, which can be replicated with quinacridone red or perylene maroon and viridian hue. I also made use of burnt sienna and ultramarine. I like the way the stone pillars are illuminated in the red/orange lights.
8 x 10"?, cold press, watercolour, 2003?
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