The Power of Red

I have been a student of color for over 50 years. I wrote a short book about that subject and I have plans to create some YouTube videos about the importance of color in our lives, personalities, emotions and bodies. Just recently as I have been checking my files of sales and comments, I noticed that almost every red painting I made in the past few years has sold. From my book,"Red is a forceful and stimulating color. It is the great energizer. Red helps us integrate into our physical body. It speeds up the pulse rate, raises the blood pressure and increases the respiration. It is a color of activity and intensity. corresponding to fire and blood, it stimulates the passions, the life force and the appetite. Red indicates force, vigor and energy... If a human body is lacking the red vibration that person could be inclined to be lazy, idle, sleepy and anemic. The appetite would be diminished. Here is what some others artist and designers have said about red: "I want a red to be sonorous, to sound like a bell. If it doesn't turn out that way, I add more red and other colors until I get it." Pierre Auguste Renoir "Of all the hues, red has the most potency."Jack Lenoard Larsen "Red is the ultimate cure for sadness." Bill Blass "It is not pure fantasy to say that the color red is like the sound of a trumpet." Joyce Carey "You can't go wrong with the use of red. Every painting should have red in it." George De Groat Here are some of my sold painting that have a lot of red in them;

Back to Work

Classes, studio visits, and making new work. The move to my new home and studio was exhausting and tool a long time. Finally all the paintings are moved,; the studio is set up and I am busy.