P.I.P. Painting in Purgatory.....week 5 / Painting in Progress

STILL LIFE WITH THREE GROUPS OF FLOWERS

(and Lots of Cloth)

Painting-In-Progress

James Aponovich

DEEP IN THE WEEDS

This week has been the week of never-ending fabric.....

Everyday, all day .

Cloth Before 

Cloth After

YELLOW

THE CELESTIAL COLOR

In Ancient China if you as a Commoner dared wear yellow you could be rewarded by

having your head cut off, immediately. It is Heaven's color and only

The Emperor was allowed to wear it. So it's best not to add it to your wardrobe.

Yellow is very difficult to control. It rises to the most brilliant light

and it sinks to a muddy dark mess. No other color is as hard to handle.

You know a beautiful yellow when you see it, and a bad yellow screams.

So, with all this yellow on my hands I turn to it's opposite, violet

for some counter balance. And since the yellow wants to go green, 

I must choose red-violet.

Still Life with Three Groups of Flowers ( in-progress)

James Aponovich

oil on canvas, 40" x 52"

Until next week................

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