“The blue Period” distils my practice to a single chromatic force. Here, blue is not merely colour, it is architecture, horizon and pulse. Cobalt and ultramarine are layered, lifted and reworked; light slips through glazes while drawn marks and erasures keep the paintings alive at the surface. The restraint of the palette heightens contrast: serenity against mischief, silence against velocity. Hints of the classical linger, but the feeling is resolutely contemporary, poised between sky and deep water, memory and immediacy.
These works are built for long looking: the more time you give them, the more the blues begin to breathe.
These works are built for long looking: the more time you give them, the more the blues begin to breathe.
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Dawn, 2025126 x 86 5/8 in
320 x 220 cmIan Rayer-Smith -
Depth of soul, 202566 7/8 x 78 3/4 in
170 x 200 cmIan Rayer-Smith -
Laguna , 202371 5/8 x 94 1/2 in
182 x 240 cmIan Rayer-Smith -
Portal 6 , 202378 3/4 x 66 7/8 in
200 x 170 cmIan Rayer-Smith -
Post Terram, 202371 5/8 x 94 1/2 in
182 x 240 cmIan Rayer-Smith -
Show Me the Stars, 202378 3/4 x 66 7/8 in
200 x 170 cmIan Rayer-Smith -
Wrap yourself around me , 2025102 3/8 x 55 1/8 in
260 x 140 cmIan Rayer-Smith -
Beyond belief, 2026290 x 170cmIan Rayer-Smith
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Silent fall, 202670 7/8 x 94 1/2 in
180 x 240 cmIan Rayer-Smith
