Chandra Cerrito Contemporary
mel prest
Mel Prest
Artist Statement
COLOR CHANT :
(The East is) Blue
Color and reflection of the atmosphere held deep blueness last autumn in Brooklyn. The pink dimension of California light was not visible. The blue felt melancholy, lightweight and fleeting. The light was never warm.
San Francisco overflows with optical mixtures, where light is shifting through fog, city grit and varied topographies. The layers of clouds are separated by color from the streaming fog and mirages occur daily because of the temperatures inland. The West is Pink.
I have focused my recent paintings on atmospheric color and light explorations. Last fall we lived in Brooklyn for three months and I was struck by the change of light quality and the resonance it had within my work. Clearly the colors of cities and countryside are different but I’d never thought about the proximity to different oceans or latitudes so consciously, or noticed the effect on my color
