New Year's Eve
NEW YEAR’S EVE 30" x 30” November 3, 2014 (SOLD)
Breaking my own tradition with vertical stripes—capturing the glittering revelry of a New Year’s Eve party in tones of red, purple, gold, yellow. Colors I normally consider garish but here are completely warranted.
This is the first time I shear dissonant shades into each other with a wide brush. Like dancers pushing and writhing in a crowd, without blending them. The vertical stripes are a conscious reference to pleats, hems, drapes, chandeliers. All things dangling that flirt their color and shine.
NYE is also an homage to my mother’s birthday—which was, year after year, a memorable celebration for a sparkling personality.
–STELIOS author of The Oculus
