Colors have a way of playing off each other, creating energy and movement that grabs your attention. This is called simultaneous contrast—when two or more neighboring colors intensify each other, making them seem more vibrant and alive.
I’m looking at paintings for simultaneous contrast examples. Paintings that set colors one right next to the other, let colors dance and interact. From a distance you get the mix, but up close the colors vibrate, dance. Take a look at these red dominant paintings by Philip Guston. See how that obnoxious green recharges our eyes to be more aware of the red? Like green scrubs in surgery, this gives the eyes a break, so we don’t get too accustomed and become less aware of the red. Notice how often Guston uses the same green trick of green, often even in a similar location in the composition.
For 30 years Stuart Shils painted urban skylines and tuscan landscapes, painting outside or by looking through the window. He simpliefied the landscape into bright, vague, and subtle studies of color. Now he’s at that same window, his view turned inward, making collage, camera and light projections. They’re called Window Collages. The titles are poetic/scientific documentations: night …
As a genre, daily paintings tend to use high contrast colors and values that translate well to the internet, and have very easy subject matter for buyers (still lifes, landscapes, pets). Posted online, these artists get instant feedback on their work. They know within 24 hours what subject matter, colors, and styles attract the most …
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Simultaneous Contrast: Philip Guston’s Green
Colors have a way of playing off each other, creating energy and movement that grabs your attention. This is called simultaneous contrast—when two or more neighboring colors intensify each other, making them seem more vibrant and alive.
I’m looking at paintings for simultaneous contrast examples. Paintings that set colors one right next to the other, let colors dance and interact. From a distance you get the mix, but up close the colors vibrate, dance. Take a look at these red dominant paintings by Philip Guston. See how that obnoxious green recharges our eyes to be more aware of the red? Like green scrubs in surgery, this gives the eyes a break, so we don’t get too accustomed and become less aware of the red. Notice how often Guston uses the same green trick of green, often even in a similar location in the composition.
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