Red Mangroves II (51 x 135 cm)

This painting follows on in the tradition of its big brother Red Mangrove, but is a subject in its own right. Its colour palette is similar, but the spatial tension is a little stronger. The shape is vertical to the proportion of one whirling square rectangle, plus one square; the sum total of 51.5 x 135 cm, designed to encompass the subject, which is basically root tubers, beginning at the top right golden mean and moving diagonally down to the bottom left. Simple shapes but so much rhythm, with its beautiful contrast of directions from forms behind. Some leaves appear in the top left, and another adeptly placed seedling is coming up from the bottom right cut. Drawn movement in paint again shows the structure of ellipses, especially the front forms which are lighter pinks, contrasting with the darker reds and blues of the background. I frame it much the same as Red Mangrove but tint it a darker pink to relate to the mid pinks in the painting.