THE EYE OF THE PARTRIDGE NICOLAAS MARITZ
THE EYE OF THE PARTRIDGE NICOLAAS MARITZ
Nemesia*Press 2017
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION OEIL DE PERDRIX THREE OENOLOGICAL PICTURE PAIRS A SINGLE PIECE FOR CONNOISSEURS CONTACT
INTRODUCTION
Luminosity of colour in painting and printmaking has always been a tricky matter. Oil paints or printing inks, when mixed, can get very muddy very quickly. In my work I am obsessed with clarity of colour, and addicted to the almost stained glass effect that one can achieve when careful. Bright and opulent colour in any art work is pure joy. Nowadays digital printing offers a new art medium with new possibilities, and one where the colours can be as clear and luminescent as you wish. Earlier this year I was commissioned to make proposals for a series of digital prints for a wine cellar/tasting room, as part of the refurbishment of The Glebe, a property development in London. Since the space concerned is an underground basement, I determined that the colours should ideally be as bright and clear as possible. To my mind it was a happy combination of art and oenology, when I read somewhere that the desired light pink pinot noir and rose wine colour is named after the ‘eye of the partridge’, a light and bright hue, beyond which the wines turn a less attractive brown. This seemed to be an apt name for a series of tongue in cheek ‘prints’, digitally imitating the more traditional lino print method.
OEIL DE PERDRIX DIGITAL PRINTS
Oeil de Perdrix I, 2017, digital print, 700 x 700cm
Oeil de Perdrix II, 2017, digital print, 700 x 700cm
Oeil de Perdrix III, 2017, digital print, 700 x 700cm
Oeil de Perdrix IV, 2017, digital print, 700 x 700cm
Oeil de Perdrix V, 2017, digital print, 700 x 700cm
Oeil de Perdrix VI, 2017, digital print, 700 x 700cm
Oeil de Perdrix VII, 2017, digital print, 700 x 700cm
Oeil de Perdrix VIII, 2017, digital print, 700 x 700cm
Oeil de Perdrix IX, 2017, digital print, 700 x 700cm
Oeil de Perdrix X, 2017, digital print, 700 x 700cm
Oeil de Perdrix XI, 2017, digital print, 700 x 700cm
Oeil de Perdrix XII, 2017, digital print, 700 x 700cm
Oeil de Perdrix XIII, 2017, digital print, 700 x 700cm
Oeil de Perdrix XIV, 2017, digital print, 700 x 700cm
THREE OENOLOGICAL PICTURE PAIRS DIGITAL PRINTS
OENOLOGICA I, 2017, digital print, 1280 x 1580cm
OENOLOGICA II, 2017, digital print, 1280 x 1580cm
OENOLOGICA III, 2017, digital print, 1280 x 1580cm
OENOLOGICA IV, 2017, digital print, 1280 x 1580cm
OENOLOGICA V, 2017, digital print, 1280 x 1580cm
OENOLOGICA VI, 2017, digital print, 1280 x 1580cm
A SINGLE PIECE FOR CONNOISSEURS DIGITAL PRINT
Nine Connoisseurs, 2017 digital drawing, 920 x 1320cm
NICOLAAS MARITZ Tel: 00 27 (0)22 492 3202 Cell: 00 27 (0)78 419 7093 Email: bignick098@gmail.com https://sites.google.com/view/nicolaasmaritzgallery