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Here are two mind teasers about
what colors can do.
Ever heard of the
Push-'n-Pull
color technique?
LouAnn Knight:
"Cool, you blink and the red & grey
become outside walls
then you blink and
they are inside walls..
These are so
cool!!"
HANS HOFMANN developed a technique he called “push and pull,”
He proved that the illusion of space, depth, and even movement on a canvas could be created abstractly using color and shape, rather than representational forms.
I turned the example I painted and look what happened to the depth of the colors! Amazing!
ABOUT THE DUTCH ARTIST M.C.
ESCHER
(1893-1972)
Escher was a great master of tessellation
(tiling).
What is a tessellation?
Tessellation is a
closed shape or polygon that repeats on all
sides without leaving any gaps.
He created symmetrical
designs and tesselations, which he
described as "congruent, convex polygons
joined together."
Contrast is necessary in tessellation.
Contrasts in color, value and tone make
contour lines between shapes, so we can
distinguish between forms.
Contrast
epitomized the dualism of negative and
positive space.
All 2-dimensional tesselations have one
important property: they can be extended
in
the plane infinitely in every direction.
Basic to
all 2 dimensional tesselations are the three
motions of symmetry: translation, rotation,
and reflection.
Certain shapes naturally create translating
tesselations.
For instance these squares,
but also triangles, parallelograms and
hexagrams all tessellate.
This diptych is proudly hanging at the art
exhibit
"EVERYTHING
SQUARES"
which
I organized for my students
Abstract Advanced Class
at
the University of Delaware
(Wilmington Campus -
Academy of LifeLong Learning
Will be sold as a diptych or
separate.
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hendrik arie baartman 11 Apr 2016
Good start Olga, groeten van Hendrik.Steve Farr 07 May 2010
Outstanding, Olga!!~SAnonymous Guest 06 May 2010
Not only Escher/Hofmann, but Vasarely too. You are a great master, who carries the abilities to paint nearly everything at an utmost level. To reply to your question: I was inspired by Alexander Rodchenko.Jerie kunitsky 01 May 2010
These are amazing..A wonderful , wonderful show at the University...Congrats....Sandra McClure 01 May 2010
Escellent Olga