Palette Cleansers

December, 2023

I’ve finally finished by 10 painting series based on a color palette inspired by the Villa La Contessina in Sorrento, Italy.

Now, I was taught to mix a lot of my own colors, so that means I have little pots, lots of little pots, because when you do ten paintings you will never get exactly the right amount mixed and there will be lots of little variations.

So, though I’m kind of ready to move on, I’m drawn to using what’s left on my brushes after a session or in my pots at the start of a session to create these little “palette cleansers” – just playing, really, with color and marks and little 3×3, 4×4, or 5×5 off cuts that are lying around.

Here are a couple more, and you can see others over on instagram @therestofmytime