The Yellow Fellow

The yellow fellow refers to Vincent van Gogh, a painter from the 19^th century oil painter who mastered, among other things, the colour yellow. He used an amazing variety of yellows in his famous sunflower series, hay field series, and numerous portraits. There was a very bright yellow, a dark yellow, a greyish (pastel) yellow, creamy varieties of yellow, greenish yellow, orangish yellow, and varieties of brownish yellow. He seemed to understand the strengths and limitations of each yellow because he employed them strategically depending on the needs of the painting. It is not possible to copy van Gogh's style because he used a slightly different style for each and every painting. In my humble abstract painting, I was mostly cleaning the palette, and using the opportunity to explore shades of orange and yellow. (No. 3212b)

The Yellow Fellow, watercolour 9 x 12" watercolour paper, December 2022