Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Home for the Night

Home for the Night

dinghies docked at night, based on a previous watercolor sketch, painted July 11, 2025, 14" x 11" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence, Uniball waterproof fade proof ink, and wax resist on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$900
 
"Color is often seen buoyed
by black and white, when painting." -
Bruce McMillan

Composition: 
No. II, With Yellow, Red and Blue
Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), Dutch
Oil on canvas, 14" x 20" (w x h), 1927
Sold Christie's May 13, 2021 auction, 
$27,840,000 USD

Source: Christie's essay notes edited
Piet Mondrian used only the fundamental elements of painting -- the straight line, primary colors and the three non-colors of black, white and grey. He believed that he could create an idealized pictorial form of pure equilibrium that would reintegrate a fundamental sense of beauty into life. 

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