Wall Panel work

What went from being a side investigation turned into a consumption of my studio work . Looking at the works with the black background i couldn't help but categories it as galaxy or space looking ,which was unintentional at the time , It got me thinking about the ways in science class or book they would show the galaxy which to me the first thing that came to my mind was a panorama of a solar system or galaxy . With this work i was simply making a work that would be free standing panorama view of these works that depict colour relationships . When creating this structure i realized how hard it was to make the pieces fit back together perfectly and have them free standing in a panorama installation and decided to use tape on the back as a temporal way to see if the work would do what i hoped it would do . From this little bit of spontaneity  of the tape on the back i realized that the way in installed it would make the viewer have a all round view of the work and will be able to see the back aswell . I then thought that ,that could be another interesting idea that the function of the construction on the back is equally as important as the image on the front as the construction on the back  allows the image  on the front to work . the other thing that was interesting was on the front you have a clean image but on the back you have an untidy way of constructing it . From the we can see that the idea of colour relationships and tension have evolved and changed but is still of interest and instigation . 

2nd water colour experiments

As a response to the works that I re introduced to my interest I decided to to some current works where I used the same  colours in my previous  oil works to create new relationships .I decided to do this as a side investigation of my colour tension and relationship works to expand my investigation and explore new means of creating relationships .

1st Water Colour merging

Looking back through some previous works I found this series of works and realized that these works were of interest into what i was currently investigating ,which was colour relationships and tension but talking about them in a different way , what brought these works back to interest with me was the way the colours merged together , the way that the tension that was initially made when the colors were placed next to each other evaporated as the colors merged with one another making the tension vanish . The other thing that interested me was in the works there were areas where different things ,reactions and relationships took place , in some places you have colour almost consuming the previous colour underneath it but only leaving a very thin edge where the previous colour is visible . you have places where the colour is exaggerated and sharper where they meet up with the black background .

Colour Tension

In these three works I was experimenting with colour by layering , colour relationships and the tension colours carry against each other . I had done a few experiments before these ones where I layered colours up to see the relationship the underlying colour has with the colour on top . Through these experiments I realized that the brighter the colour was underneath the more vibrant and intense the colour was on top , Yellow was a good indicator of this as you can see the the horizontal red and yellow stripped work . I also thought that not only would the colour relationship create tension but also the forms on the work . I created very acute angles and and sharp lines with the green on top of the red work  where the tension created also created a pulsing effect when you look at it , the space where the colors bud up against each other expands and contracts as you change your point of focus when looking around at the work . The work with a yellow background and blue organic shape was a direct response to the previous work as i was trying to see if the organic shape of the blue form would still bring up some tension between the two colours .

Progress On Final Panel work #1

progress of my final works , showing the relationships and vibrancy of colours .

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Ronnie Landfields

I like how he talks about his paintings as being interpretive , meaning that everybody will have a different experience to each other of the works .  How his paintings are  ways to trigger those feelings and emotional responses