Tribute To Red Room

Acrylic on canvas

2 panels

Panel 1 = 91.5 x 152cm 

Panel 2 = 121.5 x 152cm 

Red Room is influenced by activities while filming the Red Room (Robert Manson)

The set design and crew inspired my work.

The study of The Colour Red is analysed in an article by   Marina Gerner 2013  siting philosopher Owen Flanagan (amongst others) philosopher, Owen Flanagan, plunges straight into human biology and argues that the phenomenal state of seeing red is a physical event and that an individual seeing red undergoes ‘red-channel activation’. In order to be able to undergo red-channel activation, a causal interchange between the person and an external red object is needed. In other words, the individual needs to be hooked up with a red thing so that experience of seeing red can be triggered. So phenomenal states of seeing red are physical events because they require red-channel activation. (Marina Gerner 2013) 

I stretch my own canvas using canvas or linen. Usually in multiples for a series of work.
I work with acrylics and oils. When using Acrylic paint I like to mix the pigment with a carrier solution to determine the intensity of the colour. When working with oils I usually work slowly with multiple layers, adding and subtracting elements to the work. A series of work develops around a central theme, working from my sketches and my photograph research.