wax crayons on paper, three times 14 x 20 cms
recent work
colour exercises II
art, recent work, teaching
Again, the white paper surface and the bright primary coloured wax crayons. Go to softened tints; brown, green, ochre.
Why these exercises? Such a childish approach. – Yes, that’s exactly why.
Go deeper.
colour exercises
art, recent work, teachingThis morning saw the first sun ray since autumn in our kitchen. Snow in the afternoon.
In between, from last week’s experience, some basic colour exercises; wax crayons, white paper. These wax crayons come in six primary colours; two yellow, two reds, two blue. In each pair, there is a difference in temperature and brightness, as well as in colour; of the two yellow ones, for instance, one tends towards green and the other towards orange; and so, secondary colours can be obtained in various shades of luminance. Their ‘bodyness’ belongs to the wax rather than to the pigments.
Go from the white sheet through bright red, blue and yellow to darkness. Then back to brilliance again, now with a depth.
Go deeper.
quiet days V
art, recent work
quiet days IV
art, recent work
# 4, subsequent stages; tempera, watercolour on paper, 27 x 19 cms
quiet days III
art, recent work
quiet days II
art, recent work
quiet days I
art, recent work
at aunt Anna’s
art, recent work
Gouzac I; pencil on paper, 20 x 20 cms
Vermeer copy with aunt and sister
Gouzac II; pencil on paper, 20 x 20 cms
From water and bread in the City to tea and milk with aunt Anna and her sister, their children and Gouzac the watchdog. Auntie and I both like Vermeer. The dog is magnificent and a good workmate. We all had a good time.
Istanbul Evangelia
art, recent work
Evangelia icon in Ayazma Church, Istanbul
NIPSON ANOMEMATA ME MONAN OPSIN; ‘wash your sins, not your face’… sound of water dripping from the Virgin’s well. A circle of light upon the coarse sand under the oil lamp. The caretaker singing low and gently in Greek. On the wall an icon representing the Annunciation, many times caressed by gazes, prayers, fingertips – deep into the very wood.
pencil drawings
