Colour Experiment #1

Jay Mills, Untitled, 2015, acrylic paint on paper, 130cm x 130cm

We as viewers play a dramatic role in viewing this piece of work. The colour scheme throughout this piece are not just random acts of apply paint to medium, but each colour is next or adjacent to its opposite colour frequency, causing a constant play between the two when looked upon by the viewer. The large scale presentation of the piece is intended to entice the viewer, drawing attention to the use of bold colours and varying colour schemes of unmixed paint by deploying it in large fields that consume the viewer when seen at close quarters. The contextual research that informed this piece of work was from looking at Rosalind E Kraus essay 'grids`. The use of symmetry and geometric precise line that is implicated by the grid has enabled me to contain and order colour.