“Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.” – Margaret Atwood

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July 31, 2018

Warm Mineral Still Life, Jun 16, 2018, Oil on Canvas Board, 10" X 8"
Warm Mineral Still Life, Jun 16, 2018, Oil on Canvas Board, 10″ X 8″
Warm Modern Still Life, Jun 23, 2018, Oil on Canvas Board, 10" X 8"
Warm Modern Still Life, Jun 23, 2018, Oil on Canvas Board, 10″ X 8″
Cool Modern Still Life, Jun 30, 2018, Oil on Canvas Board, 10" X 8"
Cool Modern Still Life, Jun 30, 2018, Oil on Canvas Board, 10″ X 8″
Cool Mineral Still Life, Jul 10, 2018, Oil on Canvas Board, 10" X 8"
Cool Mineral Still Life, Jul 10, 2018, Oil on Canvas Board, 10″ X 8″
Warm Mineral Wheel, Jun 16, 2018, Oil on Canvas Board, 10" X 8"
Warm Mineral Wheel, Jun 16, 2018, Oil on Canvas Board, 10″ X 8″
Warm Modern Wheel, Jun 23, 2018, Oil on Canvas Board, 10" X 8"
Warm Modern Wheel, Jun 23, 2018, Oil on Canvas Board, 10″ X 8″
Cool Modern Wheel, Jun 30, 2018, Oil on Canvas Board, 10" X 8"
Cool Modern Wheel, Jun 30, 2018, Oil on Canvas Board, 10″ X 8″
Cool Mineral Wheel, Jul 10, 2018, Oil on Canvas Board, 10" X 8"
Cool Mineral Wheel, Jul 10, 2018, Oil on Canvas Board, 10″ X 8″

I have a tendency to paint with the same colours over and over. I use my favourites and I am not unhappy with the results, but I would definitely gain from expanding my horizons. These paintings are an attempt in that direction. Gamblin puts out a chart of their colours categorized by pigment type – Modern and Mineral Colours. I thought it would be interesting to create a series of paintings using colours in each group, choosing three warm primaries and three cool primaries from each category and mixing my secondary colours to produce four different paintings of the same subject matter. I started with a colour wheel for each to get a feel for the colours before I started working with them. I’ve discovered some new favourites in this process and I’m playing with a few more ideas for future work springing from this experiment.

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