Decay In Another Form

Colour and Meaning written by John Gage, this source is very important for my research as it enables me to find ask myself questions such as, is the colour a physiological phenomenon? what is its effects and feelings?  As Gage argues about colour in arts is intended to lay out various factors of intrinsic for the study of colour, from visual arts to colour iconography and its modern interpretation, to view the conditions and also the language of colour analysis itself. This has encouraged me as an artist to think about colours curiosity, because colour in art in intended to lay out various factors intrinsic to the study of colour in visual arts from technological constraints, to theories accessible to artists, to colour iconography and its modern interpretations on the view of conditions and to the language of colour analysis itself.

  I was losing conscience in my hand slowly, starting off with two fingers then spreading to five. I tried to jump over this obstacle and get on with my work while I was waiting to be diagnosed by my neurologist. I found it a struggle using a scanner so I tried to do my work using easier instruments as a new method. I first experimented with ink on photographic paper and canvass. I enjoyed much of this but found it hard, as I was limited to the number of experiments I was allowed to do. I didn't like this fact of this the experiment as when I was using the scanner I had unlimited amounts of try's. When I had experimented with ink and used colours that were known for decay, as I wanted to have experience of this process. I liked the fact that I was in control of the colors; I could use random colors, mix colors, use the colours anywhere on the paper/canvas that I working on. I think that this was good as I could express myself in my art. I found that this problem with my hand has caused me to explore life and death in a more scientific way as I found it very interesting how the human body works and fails.

John Gage, Colour & Culture: Practice & meaning from Antiquity to Abstraction