When I started painting Masquerade my intention was to
radically alter my color palette... hence the blacks and grays
as the predominant tones.
There is nothing subtle about black until you start to manipulate white and create tonal ranges into medium warm grays.
And on the white field, which I leave plenty of white, it became very apparent I could manage such a contrast.
As the painting progressed it became one my favorite as it is so different from the others in this body of work.
Not only is the black striking, the composition proceeds from right to left and with a subtle, yet defined 'break' about two-thirds of the way... and the colors that I worked into and over the black really pop.
And it is on the top third of the canvas as well... does it represent a musical score? It's lyrical in it's movement.
The color drip lines are lively, fluid, moving and create spacial dynamics with the abundant white allowing the viewer to interpret many feelings.
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