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8×6 oil on canvas panel A gray day sunrise, in very limited color range. At times it’s useful for me to intentionally limit my options. Doing all I can with a few pigments is a stimulating exercise in color thinking, and gives me a chance to explore new color options. In this case I chose the complements, thalo green yellow shade and alizarin crimson, a warm vibrant modifier (cadmium orange) plus black and white. Once I had all the color related on the canvas, I didn’t feel limited at all.

I play better tennis because the court is there. (Robert Frost)

Creativity… requires limits, for the creative act rises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them. (Rollo May)