Working with these colours was the blast of sunshine I needed, as winter persists here in Montreal. I usually like to inject a little complementary colour into my work, for drama and excitement, and in this case that would have meant a bit of blue-violet. But in the end I decided to stick with the analogous scheme of orange-red, orange, yellow-orange, yellow and yellow-green.
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| Camden Town #2 |
In this re-working of the image, I wanted to capture the syncopated rhythm of the windows, and I think I have been successful with that.
Below you can see my first Camden Town piece, for which I chose the central door as a focal point.
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| Camden Town |
And below is the original photo, which I took this summer from a window in the Amy Winehouse Museum in Camden, just north of London. The shapes and lines appealed to me, and lend themselves to a variety of palettes.
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| original photo |
Sometimes it's helpful to rotate the image, to see if the composition is successful. What do you think?
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| Camden Town #2, rotated |
Lovely injection of glorious sunshine. Yes, I do think it's successful as, even when rotated, it is still well balanced.
ReplyDeleteRecently a buyer of my work remarked on the lack of "sunlight" in my pieces. I had already chosen these colours before that conversation, but certainly Camden Town #2 could be seen as a response to her comment!
DeleteLove this! I feel the warmth. Do you dye your own fabrics?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kay! Yes, I dye most of my own fabrics, though in this case there are some commercial fabrics thrown into the mix: textural or hand-dye lookalikes. I would love to try using highly-patterned fabrics at some point, but for now that's outside my comfort zone.
DeleteSO juicy. Loving the bright colours you have been using of late! Nice to have the depth.
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ReplyDeleteI was just introduced to you and your work by Maggi……love what you are doing! Your colors are delightful, and I like how you used 'syncopated rhythm' to describe the windows in this piece! Pefect!