Lucerne Painting

This work was inspired by the water tower in Lucerne, Switzerland. It follows in the tradition of the pointillist painters of the 19th century but with a modern twist. Close-up, it appears as an almost random collection of coloured squares. Its lack of symmetry seems devoid of structure. As a mosaic, it uses a reduced pallet of blues, greys, purples, greens, black and white. Each square is about 1.5cm. Yet as you walk back from the painting, the image appears. It is a tower, reflected in a lake within an alpine setting. This is one of those rare paintings where, from a distance, your mind fills in the gaps to imagine almost photographic realism: the tower in context. To an extent, this is two paintings in one. First it is a mosaic or pixellated image. Second, and from a distance, is is a clear image of the tower reflected in the lake. This is "optical mixing" as opposed to physical mixing of colours.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:17.7 W x 27.6 H x 0.6 D in

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