"And behind the make-up which is painting, there is nothing."- David Bachelor

After just finishing David Bachelor's book Chromophobia, I have a feeling that colour, more specifically commercial industrial colour, is a subject which is relevant to both my work life and my art practice. Which I think is exciting, as tying the two together allows me more time and space to dive into the subject. It has also given me plenty of texts to read, which were all mentioned in Chromophobia to back up Bachelor's ideas in his book. .

Some of these texts are:

• The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley - For his explanation and experience of colour while tripping on mescaline

• Aesthetics and Beauty by Bernard Berenson - To educate myself about aesthetic judgement in art

• Discourses and Essay on the Origins of Language by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - For the detailed writing about how different cultures named and differentiated colour

• That Old Thing, Art, by Ronald Barthes - For his thoughts on the nature of art and its relation to colour, as well as the notion that colour is secondary to form

• Critique of Aesthetic Judgement by Immanuel Kant - For a challenging deep dive into what makes something beautiful or sublime.

Before I start with those, I will write my next lit review on Chromophobia.

After I have fully digested his chroma-filled ideas, I hope to solidify my understanding while writing the next lit review.

As an aside, and not an aside, my practice is going strong, (although half the time I think it isn't, only to think it is again the next day!). I have many paintings on the go and at this point it is largely a waiting game. Dry-times for my paintings are super long, despite the dehumidifier I am borrowing to speed up the process. I am excited to see them as they dry and change over the next month.

The theme or main idea for the colours used are common feature walls. Which is the one time people have the confidence to splash out on colour. Although, one thing I have found as that the vast majority of feature walls tend towards greens and blues. Hardly any yellow, reds or oranges. Although pinks do pop up occasionally. I am recording the names of each colour I use to as reference.

Watch this space.