Almost Achromatic Interior

I find myself looking for ambiguous interiors that get me close to abstraction. Because there were larger shapes, I challenged myself to use colour believably but not entirely based on the local colour.  I wanted to capture the feeling of the space and light in colour. I shifted between applying pastel, rubbing it off with a eraser and fixing it with surgical spirit.

Meanwhile we have been talking about minimalism at IUOMA. De Villo assembled  mail art that is minimalist. I was wondering if anything I ever do or imagine might be minimalist, thinking that it wouldn't and then I thought of a beautiful stained ink box  that i'd saved.  I titled it 'Spirit of Morandi'. Perhaps our minds pair ideas, images… 

Fused plastic response

Following on from drawing the Somerset space, I used the drawing to inform this larger (6x8") fused plastic piece, mounted onto cardboard and then sewn.