If you live in Sydney, Australia, the artist of the moment is Matisse. It’s been a while since we could all get out and gallery hop so don’t miss out of this celebration of light, colour and joy at the Art Gallery of NSW. Matisse: Life & Spirit, Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou, Paris To steal […]
COLOUR WARRIORS & HOW COLOUR IMPACTS OUR WORLD This blog focuses on one of my great passions …colour. I will bring you tall tales and tid bits about the origins and uses of colour and how it impacts our world. Colour has held many great powers throughout the ages. It plays many a leading role throughout […]
COLOUR WARRIORS & HOW COLOUR IMPACTS OUR WORLD 2022 COLOUR OF THE YEAR – SPECIAL EDITION PREDICTIONS & REFLECTIONS Every year, the colour gurus, Pantone, put out their ‘colour of the year’. The company has become a global authority in colour. The Pantone Matching System (PMS), provides a standard of colour sets used in a variety […]
COLOUR WARRIORS & HOW COLOUR IMPACTS OUR WORLD OUTRAGEOUS ORANGE – PART 2 As we move through the radiant history of orange, the 18th and 19th centuries presented some juicy new orange pigments that played a pivitol role in radiating the vibrancy of painting throughout Europe. Chemists would offer new colours, brighter than ever before. […]
COLOUR WARRIORS & HOW COLOUR IMPACTS OUR WORLD OUTRAGEOUS ORANGE – PART 1 Vibrant orange has never been a wallflower in the colour spectrum. Always demanding attention, it’s outrageous behaviour has got itself to the front of the line on many an occasion. As a colour it is an exceptional actor, a shape shifter that goes […]
VIVIANITE BLUE – A COLOUR & CULTURE SPECIAL GUEST BLOGGER! Super excited to bring you this blog article created by Artist and NW Coast Native Pigment & Paint Technology Specialist, Melonie Ancheta. She found me by through the Colour Warriors blog. Proof that all this blogging works, I am privileged to bring you her expertise on an […]
My art review on two great shows currently running at the Arthouse Gallery in Rushcutters Bay. An interesting insight into our current state of sensitivities. They appear as the ying and yang of our alliances. It is about the shiny show real of perception versus the comfy home that we wish was a little bit […]
COLOUR AT CARRIAGEWORKS One of the great delights of the Sydney Festival is that we get more art in Sydney, and most of it is free to visit. This summer Carriageworks in Eveleigh, has decided to go all kaleidoscopic and convert its art spaces into colourful exhibitions that ask you to engage like a cameleon and […]
CLASSIC BLUE – SPECIAL 2020 EDITION Just when I thought I’d wrapped up the adventures of blue, global colour influencers – Pantone went and made it the colour of the year! So I thought we should address why this colour has made it to top billing for 2020. Colour, like art, is always a great […]
Reflecting on Art Reviews This year I’ve decided to share my thoughts and feedback on shows I will visit throughout the year. I hope it may encourage you all to go, get out and see more art. History has shown us that art is a reflection of the times, so I thought I would put […]
