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December 06, 2005

Hot Dark Matter

A universal difficulty. Without it the universe collapses [apparently, though I haven’t tried it]. A painting needs darkness, dark tones, a dark edge. But it’s hard to find. It took them long enough to find the hot dark matter in the universe, and it’s all over the shop.

I can do the light colours, the highlights. The joyous bits where the light catches the skin and wraps round the form. But the shadows are another matter [hot and dark]. Trying to find the right colours and tones for the shadows is a constant problem.

I have of late [but wherefore I know not, etc…] been getting a bit heavy with the big dark brush, resulting in a series of figures looking like they’ve been standing by the fire longer than is good for them. And I don’t want the pictures to look like this. Which is odd since I painted them.

roasted.jpg

Cousin Kyffin says that the more contrast there is in the picture the more manic the painter is – well that’s me fucked then.

Posted by john at December 6, 2005 08:37 AM

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