Go Neutral or Go Michael Craig-Martin ?

As we go into 2025 I am fired up with new ideas, which is a good thing for an artist.

I show here two images of my work, both part of my Alone Not Lonely series.  I’ve been asking for feedback on both and that’s been interesting and constructive.

The first, neutral piece inspired more comments about how it showed the essence of being alone, possibly lonely, which is very much not what I am.  But the sparseness of the colour does seem to invoke emptiness.  The cheerful sunspex however, bely that image, which is very much what I WAS aiming for.

The second colourful piece, the ‘Michael Craig-Martin’ effect (see previous post/blog), also invoked comments along the lines of yes, being alone, but somehow happier because of the colours. I used whatever colour I thought worked, so not necessarily what you would expect, but MCM suggests the eye can work out the colours and I found that a lightbulb moment for me.

I would be interested in any feedback. Email michetoots@gmail or Instagram @michewatkins