A Gameboard Notorious

In this panel experimenting with opposites. The opposite of subtlety. A dichotomy of meaning. I made a chunk in the middle... sort of a ‘Captain Obvious’. But within this chunk of dark there is diverse colour complexity. The focus is on the solid dark area of dark values. Even though the chunk of darkness is in your face, there are subtle carnival elements and somewhat of a harlequin pattern. So it isn’t entirely notorious nor is it necessarily a game board.A keen observer will notice the orchestration of the gloss selections on the surface well before they see the painting up close. Some areas have a high gloss to them and other areas have a matte coating. This painting benefits from being positioned near an incidental light source.