I was struck by the simplicity of the new church built in 2000 at Garbatka-Letnisko. It had a strong vertical presence with four square columns and the entrance had an intriguing space. I made drawings here and back in the studio abstracted these in further studies before slightly unusually for me, drawing a design onto the canvas.
The colours specifically were Ultramarine, Vermilion Red and a Light Lemon Yellow plus White. They were good quality, mixing well and I did not use any turpentine or oil. Characteristically, one mixed colour was applied to each section of the two paintings without mixing on the canvas. Finding a chromatic grey was intriguing, the yellow green and violet mixing making quite noticeably vibrant tertiary colours, whilst the starred red and blue making a near black for tonally darkest elements. I wanted the church to remain recognisable, yet with compositional abstraction moved elements to make for an all over design.
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| Four Colours Red 2018 |
Each painting had a thematic role. The main colour would be Red in one and the other Yellow. Hence the titles. Four Colours Red and Four Colours Yellow.
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| Four Colours Yellow 2018 |
