“Shards Of a Summer Evening”

Several years ago Parhelion viewed a number of photo-micrographs of various objects and substances. He was immensely attracted to both the vibrant colours and the idea of translating the smallest scales of structure to the MUCH larger and seeing the macro (great) expressed in the micro (small). His initial idea for this work was a broken rainbow in a deep blue sky. The creative method was quite different from the way he’d worked to that date, a real journey out of his comfort zone. Instead of pouring or dripping paint, the concept required working with clear shapes. Parhelion therefore drew shapes on the background with a ruler and chalk, then filled in those outlines. After the chalk tracings were completed, a beloved friend took one look at the canvas and said it made her feel like summer evenings--EXACTLY the impression Parhelion wanted. It was finished over 2 months later. The idea is of a dusky twilight with ‘splinters’ of waning sunlight and approaching night visible.