Swimmer (2023) Peinture par Mindy Tillery

While working on a recent series of paintings ( mixed media + encaustic on mat board) with the inspiration of the color BLUE I was struck with all the seemingly endless variations just within that one hue on the spectrum of color.

My explorations of images and patterns were truly inspired by my impression of the exquisite beauty of the sky, the ocean and other bodies of water, I pondered my perception of this color and all the dreamy surreal energy that encompasses how it is not only seen, but felt. To me the theory of color also takes in the way one feels when viewing colors, it is a part of the whole experience.

Why does the sky appear blue? I’m sure that there is some scientific explanation, but I’m more interested in the miracles that I witness in the changing of the sky and of the ocean from light to dark and every hue of blue in-between. Sometimes just looking at the sky I am filled with a sense of awe and wonder that overtakes my emotions transporting me as if on a miraculous adventure. I wonder what lies beyond Earths atmosphere. I often feel delightfully transfixed when I’m in a plane high above the clouds looking into the infinite magnificent blue. On a visit to the Santa Fe Museum housing the works of Georgia O’Keefe seeing the painting Sky Above Clouds IV was an affirmation of this wondrous feeling. On a sunny day the glittering hints of sparkling sunshine on the water or on a velvet dark night the soft glow of the silver blue moon on the water, these are the wonders that never cease to charm me, so simple and always there for the taking. How good can blue be and how fortunate am I…