“All my Paintings are grey” – A One to One with the Artist Alan Charlton

I am with you Mr Charlton,
there is something so soothing
and restful about the colour.
It demands nothing and gives all.

A child’s school pullover.
A seal-grey sky.
A solid grey sea.

I particularly like your “Triangle Painting”
in this year’s Summer Exhibition.
It is not boring or mundane.
But oddly challenging, complete and cohesive.

A grey geometric shape.
A passive design.
A leap into the void.

What about this painting?.
It has a sense of mathematics.
Vertical and diagonal stripes,
in bright pink, yellow and white.

A colour offensive.
A vibrant design.
A leap into the spectrum.

“All my Paintings are grey” – A One to One with the Artist Alan Charlton

I am with you Mr Charlton,
The colours assault my retina
and give me a migraine.
My grey eyes weep for your shapes.