COLOR SPLASH SERIES | Daniel Anderson Art

COLOR SPLASH SERIES

Animated color movements separate and interact with sculpted movements below for a multi-layered, ‘live’ depth of field narrative. Color field overlays, transparencies, and meticulously painted shadows further dramatize the illusion of the depth of field.

PRIMARY I, II
oil on sculpted canvas
106” x 48” x 5”
2012-2013

Dramatic interaction of color, form and light. Painted forms and shadows interact with a sculpted layer below for dynamic layering and illusion. Color over - create secondary hues, also with their own depth and shadows. This work intends to capture the beautiful boldness of the primary colors against the stark white to further enhance the depth and illusion of ‘separation’ of the animated bands of color and the canvas surface. Anderson’s COLOR SPLASH SERIES has a loose and abstract energy as ‘live splashes’ of color are seen as spontaneous as they are live - an animated color narrative witnessed before the viewer’s eyes.

PRIMARY I, II
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PRIMARY I, II
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PRIMARY I, II
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PRIMARY I, II
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COLOR SPLASH SERIES: OCEANIC SPLASHES
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COLOR SPLASH SERIES: OCEANIC SPLASHES
oil on sculpted canvas
60” x 48” x 6”
2012

Dramatic interaction of color, form and light. Painted forms and shadows interact with a sculpted layer below for dynamic layering and illusion. Color over - create secondary hues, also with their own depth and shadows. Water colors, varied tones caused from sunlight and movements of the ocean and its interactive energies are captured in a live narrative: - “crashing water diamonds” illustrated on diagonals in the composition. A highly complex layer of sculpture underneath interacts with the detailed painted forms, depicting the complex and profound compilation of wreckless energy and beauty that the ocean represents. Anderson’s COLOR SPLASH SERIES has a loose and abstract energy as ‘live splashes’ of color are seen as spontaneous as they are live - an animated color narrative witnessed before the viewer’s eyes.

COLOR SPLASH SERIES: OCEANIC SPLASHES
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COLOR SPLASH SERIES: OCEANIC SPLASHES
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COLOR SPLASH SERIES: Wave.
Sculpted canvas/oil.
48” x 60” x 5”
2015

Seemless, undulating [3D] sculpted forms that emulate continual collapsing waves interact with a meticulously painted wave movement - a dramatic narrative of simulated, visual illusion & depth. Crisp, fine outlines - coming/going contours varying in thickness along each form to accent the movement. The graphic interpretation of the wave’s color palette, ornamented stylization of color swatch edges, color overlaps and tone interplay with the sculpture beneath further animate this layered movement. Areas of the sculpture are rendered with transitioning color for a dramatic effect with the illusion of shadows/flotation, a signature of the series.

COLOR SPLASH SERIES: Wave.
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2015

COLOR SPLASH SERIES: Wave.
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2015

DANIEL ANDERSON