Original artwork description:

"Blue seems to fade before our eyes, while red, on the other hand, buries further in."
Goethe

"And so the question is not how and why red represents exertion or violence, or how and why green represents rest and peace. We must relearn to experience these colours as our bodies do, as physical manifestations of peace or violence."

Merleau-Ponty
Perceiving colours

Human existence is underpinned by colours, each with their own resonance and internal musicality, a vibratory force that inspires feelings. Colours are expressed through their own symbolic languages via a dynamic, carnal sense of polarity.

The three colours that dominate on the canvas of passing time are red, blue and black, representing power, energy and inherent life force—but these colours are also a way of moving from the visible to the invisible.

The colour red's high impact, symbolism and energy point to a passion that overtakes the senses. Red is the ultimate primary colour, timeless and mystical, the embodiment of space and time.

"I don't imagine red, I become red, my mind links it back to passion, and it becomes a full-body experience.

It's only when you look deeper that the colour emerges as being imbued with other connotations: red is fire, strength, vital energy, flames, vibrations.

My relationship to colour is highly intimate, it's as much a part of me as the skin on my body. It is powerful and emotional, taking over my senses while leading me beyond the everyday."

In this intimate exchange, each line that exists between the work and the artist has a story, thoughtfully placed with each stroke and nuance important in their own right, in a harmonious study of the blank spaces of the virgin canvas, and the exuberance of a very first line.

"I know that at that particular moment, everything comes to fruition, it all becomes tangible, the time slipping between my fingers solidifies, and I become its master."

Materials used:

Gesso, acrylic and gold leaf

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