Unobvious - Obvious

After a lot of consideration, I decided that I prefer the bamboo sticks without the flowers. Bamboo sticks are in general, unnoticed objects. These now stand out because of being painted in bright colours. They have become a piece of art.

Barnett Newman - 'zips'

Barnett Newman(1905 - 1970)
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/BarnettNewman.html 

'Barnett Newman was an American artist. He is seen as one of the major figures in abstract expressionism and one of the foremost of the color field painters.

In the 1940s he first worked in a surrealist mode before developing his mature style. This is characterised by areas of color separated by thin vertical lines, or "zips" as Newman called them.'

Untitled - New piece

Untitled 2012

Material flowers on bamboo sticks

Long sticks painted in complimentary colours

Mini exhibition

Couple of photos from the mini exhibiton that took place today. When it came to currating, I displayed my work on the floor in sunlight because of the palette's natural habitat.

Complimentary colours

The colour wheel has always been important in my work. I believe that a piece of art works better if the colours compliment one another. This is apparent in pretty much all my work

Artist - Frank Colclough

http://www.scottishartpaintings.co.uk/artist-frank-colclough.asp

FRANK COLCLOUGH

Blue and orange. Green and red. Yellow and Purple  - Complimentary colours

After seeing this painting, especially the pot of flowers at the back, I got ideas for my next piece.

Sony Advert - Colour Explosion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aljJcgDIYeI

Amazing Sony advert created using cans of paint and explosives. All about colour

http://obviousmag.org/en/archives/2007/12/sony_bravia_a_colour_explosion.html

'With the sound of La Gazza Ladra, by Rossini on the background, we witness the complete overhaul of a block of sombre buildings in an impressive spectacle of vibrant colours. The metamorphosis is lead by thousands of gallons of paint, that literally explode like fireworks. No, it isn't an artistic performance, it's just the commercial for Sony Bravia's new television screen.

Actually the human and technical resources used in this mega-project were impressive: 70 000 litres (18 500 US gallons) of paint, more than 7 000 bombs of assorted kinds (mortars included), 358 metres (1175 feet) of solder, 330 metres (1080 feet) of steel tubes and 57 km of copper strings.'