About this Artwork

This work is from a series of works on paper exhibited in the solo show: “The Temperature of Light” at Kean University, NJ 2015. The space of colour is explored within the refractive spectrum. Full colour catalogue with critical essay: http://issuu.com/jyntema1/docs/kean_university_janise_yntema_2015/1

Violet is the mysterious colour at the end of the visible spectrum of light between blue and the invisible ultraviolet. The Egyptians created their colour from a combination of mulberry and grapes. 

Historically this colour of nobility, power and prestige, violet retains its mystery.  

Image size: 20 cm x 31 cm, 7.75” x 12” mounted on archival board 41 cm x 61 cm, 16” x  20” matted