Ellsworth Kelly, Spectrum 1966-67 - The St. Louis Art Museum
Whether it’s on the streets, in museums, galleries or obscure non traditional spaces, I’m inspired by and value the full spectrum of art.
This past weekend, I made a trip to St Louis and one of my stops was the St. Louis Art Institute. They are currently under renovation and in between shows, but that didn’t leave for a lack of inspiration. As I walked through the contemporary art section, I found myself drawn to photographing the works in both black and white as well as in color. I’m really interested in color theory as well as value scales, so this piece by Ellsworth Kelly caught my attention.
Art Memory….
As I mentioned, I’m really interested in color theory. It was one of my favorite classes when I went to school for my undergrad in visual communications. Our first project was to create a complimentary color value scale, I choose red (magenta) and green…I still like that color combination to this day. We had to measure out 20 or so rectangles for each color and then paint them with acrylics. Daunting and tedious for some, good times for me!