Upload: 030 Square Title: Symphony No. 1, Red Dawn Series: Symphony Location: Studio Date: July 26, 2007 Image: N06821M1c Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 36 x 36 inches (91.44 x 91.44 cm) Technical notes: The painting was first laid out using acrylic paints in order to obtain the special relationship and that of colour. The lower half was first painted, as its range of warm colours was greater and needed to reflect specific emotions. The upper half was painted the following days, using four different hues of red that would not reveal their tonal quality until the painting was viewed up close. In order to achieve the perfect separation between the two planes, I laid down a wide strip of painters tape, which was removed right after finishing the upper half. Winsor & Newton Liquin Original was added to all the colours in order to achieve a glass-like surface and for the colours to be able to blend with one another. This product also allows for the paint surface to dry quicker. The brushstrokes blending through the colours are from the five coats of gesso I apply to all my canvases before painting and when using a 1 1/2 inch brush, they leave a wonderful fingerprint that reflects the artist temperament. Commentary: This series was uploaded in reverse, so that it would be in the right viewing order when seen in the gallery. Sorry for the inconvenience. As artists, regardless of the medium we employ, we grow at different speeds, reaching different levels over time. I had not painted in over five years, though I did start a painting two years ago, which remains still unfinished. Symphony No. 1 is my attempt at returning to abstract painting and represents a bridge between the past and that, which follows with Symphony No. 2 and No. 3, in which I am using new techniques and materials. When one looks at these three paintings in the gallery, the sequence and their relationship between them becomes clear, their title is a road map to understanding each one on an individual bases. Yet I also confess that when I set out to do these abstracts, I was not thinking in terms of Day or Night, least of all the struggle between them. From the safety of Red Dawn, I take a tactical stand, not looking back, nor abandoning my previous paintings, I forge forward into the unknown, from the light into the darkness of uncertainty with The Nocturnal Suite.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my work and commenting. Vielen danke das sie die Zeit genommen haben meine Arbeit zu betrachten und darauf zu Kommentieren. Egmont

Previous photograph of my oil painting:

Symphony No. 2, The Nocturne Suite