Pink and
pale orange background show through portions of the otherwise opaque blue - green marks, further confounding the viewer's expectations.
Not exact matches
Crucially in each pair, one drawing is in
pale orange on a
pale green
background, the other is the same drawing with the colours reversed.
The predominantly yellow markings and numbers on a
pale -
orange background are just plain hard to read in daylight.
This has been emphasised by Paul using the
pale creams and
oranges of the grasses to blend into the
background and gently into the sky.
His palette ranged between paintings with vibrant red /
orange backgrounds and those with greys, creams and
pale blues.
A wash of
pale orange is splashed in the
background, connecting the three elements of this piece.
Blast Off depicts an elongated triangular arrangement of dark blue patches rising dramatically and evocatively against a
background of
pale pinks and
oranges.
The works shown here return to Twombly's signature Abstract Expressionist scribbling - style, this time in a vivid palette of
orange and red over a
pale green
background.