“Red Dominance” (Acrylic) 92x108cm
ABOUT THE PAINTING
This painting won First Prize in the American Bicentennial Festival of Art. It is now held in the Griffith University Art Collection. You can read the meaning behind the painting and other antidotal information by going to:- http://artworkscatalogue.griffith.edu.au/web/pages/gal/Display.php?irn=161&QueryPage=%2Fweb%2Fpages%2Fgal%2FQuery.php
Artistic techniques used in the painting:
The flat plane of red in this painting is typical of my abstract style. In this case the overall red area is off set by the blue streak in lower-centre left and russet-brown and white image lower-centre right. This expanse of red dominates the canvas causing the viewer’s eye to travel across it and finally be drawn to the ambiguous inconclusive image that is only partially visible. This allows for varied interpretations by the viewer as to what this equivocal image represents. Also because it is only partly visible, it should lead the eye to it and out of the canvas but because of the flat plane of red – the viewer’s eye is held on the painting. The overall painting is not unbalanced because of the strength of the red. The flatness of the acrylic paint creates a stillness – allowing the viewer to contemplate on the abstract nature of the painting.
The title gives a clue to its meaning and is discussed at length in the web link. The painting is typical example of Abstract Expressionism.
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