Kolberg Studio News

New Larger Collage Pieces

I have recently completed a number of collages. They are NOT your typical cut and paste images, rather I have continued to explore abstract concepts in my work.

 

Unfolding Boxes 48 x 60 inches. Tissue paper, corrugated cardboard, fiberglass mesh, paint and sheet-rock tape mounted on wood.

 

Still Life on Chair 36 x 48 inches. Tissue paper, corrugated cardboard, fiberglass mesh, paint and sheet-rock tape mounted on wood.
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New Art, Feeling Safe

This Wednesday  August 29th I have to go in to the hospital for surgery of an aneurysm. And while I am confident of the outcome it has left me feeling a bit strange in relation to my art. Over the past few weeks while I’ve been recuperating from the first part of the procedure which was to tie off an artery that was in the way I painted this piece.

It’s called Grandmas Couch (11 x 14) and it is an acrylic painting done over and under fiberglass mesh that is adhered to a board. It is part of a series I am doing which explores this medium. It also creates an emotional bond to a safe place in my past. Hopefully it creates a bond with the viewer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Along the same emotional lines I created 2 Strappo pieces

 This is called Red Table. It is part of the mono print series originating from a reverse painting on glass. Emotionally I remember it from a table at my mother’s house. Another safe place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 This one is called Yellow Wall and is also a Strappo mono print. Reminds me of my mother’s kitchen.

Both of these Strappos are less than 6 x 9 inches mounted on paper

If you are interested in seeing other Strappo pieces please go to my website donaldkolberg.com 

 

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Clean Color Reprint

I’ve been subscribed to and reading Fine Art Views for the past few years and have always found it informative. There is an smooth narrative style that is easy to digest. From time to time I think it will be fun to reprint some of the information.

Clean Color
by Keith Bond

But first, what is clean color? Clean color does not necessarily mean pure color straight from the tube. Ironically, clean color can be gray, neutral, muted, subdued, etc. Or it can be bright and pure. The color’s chroma does not determine whether it is clean or not. The Russians have beautifully sophisticated grays. Yet they are clean. How or why? In his book Alla Prima, Richard Schmid defines muddy colors as a mixture of color that is simply the wrong temperature. So, if that is true – and I agree with Richard – then it follows that clean color is simply a mixture in which the temperature is correct. The key to the Russian artists’ sophisticated grays is proper temperature. […]

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