Blue Horizon - Paper and cloth collage - Wilma Simmons 2018 Two of my collages sold this week have a touch of blue. This was an accident as I was using my fountain pen ink on these collages and when added to the previously dyed fabric, it turned blue. I rather liked the effect and added some more blue fabric. I know that blue is the most liked colour of all people - what is the attraction of blue? Blue is the only colour which maintains its own character in all its tones... it will always stay blue;” Raoul Dufy, French Fauvist Painter, 1877-1953 It’s nature’s colour for water and sky, but is rarely found in fruits and vegetables. Today, blue is embraced as the colour of heaven and authority, denim jeans and corporate logos. It is cold, wet, and slow as compared to red’s warmth, fire, and intensity. Blue has more complex and contradictory meanings than any other colour. These can be easily explained by pinpointing by the specific...
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