Principles of Nature: towards a new visual language
© copyright 1995-2004 Wayne Roberts. All rights reserved. Site blog
The artwork reproduced here is from my book (W. Roberts, 2003), edited and reformatted for the web.
Low tide, Cancale
A colour-modulation representation of light, 1995
Acrylic on Schut paper 300gsm, rough; 39 cm (h) x 49 cm (w), framed in black velvet
© 1995 Wayne Roberts. All rights reserved. Private collection.
Re: the rationale behind the colour modulation principle employed in this painting and a brief history of the representation of light in art. (The aforelinked web site also includes a major retrospective of the artist's paintings and drawings.)
This painting was exhibited in the artist’s 1996 solo exhibition at the Porters Gallery, Sydney .