John Dempcy - Field Day

John Dempcy's luscious acrylic works really speak to me. I love the use of patterning and circles to create endless variations on a theme but most of all, I love his masterful use of colour - the way the colours bleed into each other, the subtle pale colours he uses as backgrounds, the way he uses colour to change the tempo of a piece. I'm not particularly great with colour*, it's not one of my art skills but I can appreciate it in other people's work. Not being a painter, I look at these works and just have no idea how they're done technically but I love them.

Found on Dear Ada, a blog that I like a lot for its great mix of links.

* I say this but I've discovered over the years that I'm only 'not great with colour' compared to other artists, particularly painters. When I talk to non-artists about how they perceive colour, I usually discover that my colour sense is better than average. It's all relative!