Three canvases painted bright red with 'artists professional underground paint' are sitting out in the sun drying. Our autumn has turned from chilly to warm, good weather for canvas preparation. The large canvas is for a portrait but the others were painted just because I couldn't resist the red.
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Rothko’s “Untitled (Yellow and Blue)”
2.4m (8') high, created in 1954 |
I read that a
blue and yellow canvas by the American artist Rothko sold for a record $46.4 million last Tuesday so perhaps I should just leave my canvases plain red.
People are reduced to tears when confronted with Rothko's work; the colour/vibrations of the painting have an extraordinary emotional effect. I doubt a small canvas with one layer of red paint (Rothko's are many layered) would have the same effect so I will continue with my plan of using them for portraits.
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