Abstracts: Memories of Places and Colors

“These works are nonrepresentational forms of pure color relationships. They are memories of colors of places, different color-spaces. Recently I was above the arctic circle and witnessed the midnight sun on an overcast sea, this alien light with its subdued complexity helped inspire this series. You can see a clear connection to the artist Mark Rothko, but I am also inspired from years of teaching color theory and painting “plein-air” landscapes. I begin these works by creating studies digitally (available as giclée prints) and then let them evolve into carefully crafted acrylic paintings.” — Andrew Muonio