Venice – the subtlety of colour……of touch….

progress as of May 6 - turqouise and purple layers.

Colour to a painting is like touch is to the skin. The subtlety can be electrifying, sending sensations through the body as the colour slowly meanders across the canvas. Finding those hidden areas that call out for colour, for touch, is an artist’s desire, deciding on that exact tone, exact mixture of touch, of pressure, of feeling as your hands glide over the canvas, brush and sponge in hand… or just the fingers as they delicately work the paint into the skin of the canvas.

The subtlety of colour is the art of touch.

Today was about the subtlety and gentleness of colour and how it interacts with feeling on the canvas. Each layer of paint was applied with care, tenderness and feeling.

I will continue with these soft, diluted layers for a few days to see where they take me, hopefully bringing me back to that early morning in Venice, along the water’s edge.

dripping technique