These paintings are bands of color comprised of cut sheets of hand-painted acrylic on
BFK Rives paper.
Each color relationship reads boldly from a distance, while upon closer inspection, more subtle color interaction becomes visible.
The edges between the colors are carefully constructed - some painted while others
cast shadows. With a shift in the viewer’s position, interference pigment will alter a specific color.
These paintings project out
an inch from the wall so as to reflect a colored shadow
onto the wall.
I aim for the effects to surpass
optics and influence emotions.
Outspoken Orange
acrylic on paper/hardboard
24 1/4 x 12 inches,
2016
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to view a slide show of 24 paintings
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Assured Azure
acrylic on paper/hardboard
18 x 12 inches, 2013
Derek Leka awarded Assured Azure second place in the 33rd Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show, October 2013. Out of 500 entries he selected work which
"kept with the spirit that color has the power to move us psychologically, emotionally, and intellectually. I was drawn to the works where the use of color was the primary subject.
I am referring to the way a group of colors work together as a whole, rather than the use of any single color. I then looked to the works that created an atmosphere, mood and experience through color alone."
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