ROBERTSTRAIGHT NEW WATERCOLORS
ALL WORK IS WATERCOLOR ON PAPER PAPER SIZE 12 x 16 2024
I started these paintingson paper as a break from my previous work which took a lot of time just for the construction of the substrateand hardly any time to actually paint. The first watercolor / gouache was based on the floor tiles of my hospital room and has snowballed into this group of paintings.This first painting led to simply dividing the paper into two zones; one with a pattern, the other containing an organic shape that later morphed into an elliptical shape. That then became two elliptical shapes and the paintings continueto evolve. Some of my references and concerns includeprime numbers, (1,2,3,5,7,&11), ferris wheels, flags. bow ties, rays, and spikes. Recently using two ellipses I’ve been thinkingabout couples bound together while remaining separate, or splittingcells. These are some of my thoughts that provoke the work but I don’t feel it’s necessarily important for my audience.
