Despite my obvious love of color, I’ve started a new series of paintings that eschew color and representation, to focus on composition and implied meaning. The MBTW series https://www.jwharrington.com/mbtw currently comprises thirteen 36”x 36” canvases painted using only Mars Black and Titanium White pigments. By eliminating the associations of colors and their juxtapositions, I can emphasize the non-objective nature of the compositions. Associations abound nonetheless, derived from the interweaving of positive and negative spaces. Some have a range of shades from black to white, some are only black and white, some are dominated by dark shades, some by light or white. I absolutely don’t have a favorite among these twelve, but here’s an example of what can happen despite such a limited palette:
