“Colour Spectrum”

If you follow me on Pinterest (@abigail_scutts, for those of you who are interested…), then you’ll know that I have been slowly curating my artwork into a few different series. It seems only right, therefore, that my first (proper) post on this blog be about one of these collections.

I’m going to start with the one which I think is most important to me (even if it might look the most simple): “Colour Spectrum”.

Multi-coloured geometric print, mostly triangles, with a couple of quadrilaterals, in acrylic paint.

My partner has deuteranopia (red-green colourblindness) and, because of this, it is difficult for him to distinguish between certain colours in these pieces of artwork, especially when they are similar tones.

Multi-coloured geometric print using squares and rectangles, in acrylic paint.

I was, however, determined that we would both be able to enjoy the artwork equally, so I made sure to frame each colour with a bold marker line to heighten the contrast between each block, which enabled my partner to be able to appreciate the geometric pattern, without being overwhelmed by merging colours.

Multi-coloured geometric print, mostly triangles, with a couple of quadrilaterals, in acrylic paint.

My main take-away from the project, though? That even there is so much that can be gained from people with different experiences of the world’s unique perspectives, especially on the arts, and is just another reason to make work accessible to as many people as possible.