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A Collection of Simple Colors
Color is a simple concept. We see color therefore color exists. Just read each label, memorize a color chart that expands past your creativity and the combinations become endless. We are left with a simple concept, a decision as to which side of the spectrum we feel that moment. We express it. We wear it. We confess in it. Meanwhile we are left standing blinded to the reality of a misunderstood existence. We condemn a gray society focused on the beauty in simple logic.
When I drive, I can spot a cop car a mile away. I can read a street sign farther away than anyone I have ever ridden with. The idea of color seems so clear to me. I believe what my eyes tell me to see even if I know it is not what the rest of the universe sees. If you were to ask me about what colors I use in my paintings I would rarely be right in my answers. Yes I see color but no I do not see like everyone else. Instead I analyze a scientific chart of color. I have stumped eye doctors and confused colleagues.
My recent show is about the journeys Bop and Earl take through Lobdell Universe. They explore the outer reaches of my amusing land. These are my absurd landscapes. It is here that I am trying to grasp the logic of color knowing that a cloud of confusion floats between the canvas and I. This is my collection of simple colors. I enjoy every one of them and take special care deciding on each and every one. So if the concept is simple to you, great explain it to me, I may never get it.
Rick Lobdell
