Security envelope marbled

 

Marbled

This envelope security pattern is more intricate than it looks.  The blue marbling is printed over a grey pattern.  This is done to add an extra layer of security.

 

 

 

Grey on gray

 

Subtley Rothko

This "Gray on Grey" work takes the idea of Mark Rothko to another dimension with its strong and bold verticals and subtle horizontal repeating patterns.

 

 

 

 

Grey walls

 

Doorways

 

This empty store front beckons a look inside.  Presented as a 3d relaxed view stereograph.

 

Red door

What's behind door color "Red"?

The newly painted in red door stands out against the grey of the granite walls that surround it.  

One notes that the granite blocks around the door are all cut clean and squarely; the remainder of wall is composed of rubble blocks.

Silver and grey

Rusty tin

The rust patches add a little color to the grey barn boards and silver roofing tin.

Crackled paint

The cracks in the paint are more noticeable when seen up close.

Grey and weathered

Green grass

The windows on this former dairy barn provided light and air.  That they are mismatched never seemed to bother the cows.

 

Bright and blue

 

 

Mark Rothko like graffiti cover up

 

A swipe of light yellow brightens up this study of sky blue on grey.

 

 

Shades of blue grey

 

Covered up

 

The cover up paint used to cover up grafitti never seems to match the wall color.  This series of graffiti coverups conjures up a mural by Mark Rothko.  

 

Rectangles of grey

 

Homage to Rothko

 

Wall painters often unknowingly emulate the artwork of Mark Rothko.

Knot grey

New barn boards 

The new barn boards eventually turn silver grey.  "New" is a relative term for a hundred plus year old barn; these are about twenty years old.

Probably fake

Paintings by well known artists are sometimes faked.  It often is difficult to discern if one is seeing a fake or a real.

Probably a fake? 

In this case, we can be fairly sure that this is not by Mark Rothko.  Rothko always painted on rectangular canvases, and this is a quadrilateral.  But here, maybe he was exploring new shapes, possibly polygons?  One wonders.

Barn grey

Weathered barn siding 

This is a color photograph of some seventy something year old barn boards.