“Rothko x Basquiat Gold/Cerulean Blue” is made within 1 hour 45 minutes including Gold Leaf installation to canvas, matte finish varnish (partially to cover central canvas area for textural effect), intricate palette knife and fan brush working, paper card spreading the varnish carefully to create disrupted gold effect, make a gold seal, produce opaque and transparent overlay.

For my previous work “M Gold Eight” (also 24k Gold Leaf) I used 17 brushes (and one palette knife) due to innumerable changes I made throughout drafts. Original as yet unpublished btw.

With “Rothko x Basquiat Gold/Cerulean Blue” I used one palette knife (my favourite one from decade past oils) and one fan brush! A piece perfected from start to finish, joyful. “M Gold Eight” presented technical challenges until I was thoroughly pleased with the result.

I began “Rothko x Basquiat Gold/Cerulean Blue” entirely as a Rothko inspired piece. Whereas the canvas turned into a sort of 50/50 inspiration between Rothko and Basquiat, hence the title.

I could have made the decision to include a robot face into this one. I just didn’t feel this would be true to its Rothko intended beginning. Anyway, since Warhol and Basquiat collaborated I felt why not Rothko and Basquiat!

Yellow ochre outer rectangle. Gold rectangle. Cerulean Blue rectangular window at centre. Four 24k gold leaf squares fanned gently with paper card over matte varnish. 100% pure chance gold leaf imagery.

All four additional unique and individual digital works (shown below) took within 27 minutes to complete – Red, Monochrome, Blue and Pastel Furnace.

Love!

Above is “Rothko x Basquiat Digital Red” – funny <monkey covers eyes> emoji.

“Rothko x Basquiat Digital Monochrome” – thought inflection. Oooh. Aaaah.

“Rothko x Basquiat Digital Blue” – peaceful. Hammock on the beach with coconut trees.

“Rothko x Basquiat Digital Pastel Furnace” – hot coals with cabbage.

*LAUGH* lol.

Hopefully you do feel I have captured the Rothko and Basquiat style through this original acrylic canvas. Please happily click on the individual images for further interest. Enjoy.