White on....everything!

I have a painting ,,, an abstract painting on here with the title 'White on'. And this week it was very appropriate to remember how I painted it considering the weather we've been having. Everywhere you look it's WHITE.... white white white.... Beautiful white; treacherous white; cold white. 
When I started said painting, I had no idea how it would end up. Yellows, reds, blues, violets and greens all intermingled and juxtaposed next to each other, on top of each other. It was one of my first abstracts that were inspired by the great Gerhard Richter. but for days, no matter what I did and how how I changed, added or took off colours I was not a happy bunny! 
Ruth and I were in our first gallery in Valletta, Malta. it had a big space as the main Gallery/studio. and it also had a recess and kitchen... I did this painting in the recess. Believe me when I tell you that after working on this painting I would end up breathless and sweating. It was a completely different experience to me... one that I found much more difficult than painting my figurative work. 
Although I started painting it with brushes, I used the method favored by Richter... that of swiping a squeegee (although I used pieces of mountboard) across the whole painting...then magic happened! Most of the painting turned white except for a few places where the colour from underneath still showed in little patches. And that;s how 'White on' came to be.
With the snow covering most of the land this week, I'm really looking forward to seeing it melt when patches of colour start appearing again, hopefully bringing the glory of spring with them.

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