Nutured by blue
“Blue has no dimensions; it is beyond dimensions.” — Yves Klein
In Nurtured by Blue, I found myself immersed in the velvet depths of colour — a blue so lush and generous it seemed to breathe light into being. From its tranquil surface, gold rose like warmth from still water — a moment of quiet alchemy between calm and radiance.
There are moments on the water when everything falls away — the noise, the movement, even time itself — leaving only light, colour, and breath. Nurtured by Blue was born from one of those moments of stillness.
What I first saw was a gently rippling sea of blue, calm and unhurried, over which a soft golden light began to unfold. There was a sensuality in the colour — a lushness that felt almost tangible, as if the blue were woven from silk or velvet. The surface shimmered, but beneath it, I could sense a depth that was steady, generous, and alive.
Although blue is often thought of as a cool or distant colour, this one felt warm. It wrapped around me like fabric, rich and embracing. It held the light within its folds and slowly fed it back as gold — a quiet act of nurturing.
That’s why I called the work Nurtured by Blue. The blue here isn’t simply a background; it’s a presence — both still and sentient. It gives permission to pause, to breathe, to be held.
As Yves Klein once said, “Blue has no dimensions; it is beyond dimensions.” When I look at this work, I sense that infinity — a space both intimate and vast. The longer you stay with it, the more it reveals: not a scene, but a feeling; not a subject, but a state of being.
When I view it now, I’m reminded of warmth within coolness — how a single colour can express both serenity and vitality. Perhaps that’s the secret of blue: that it carries the calm of the sea and the tenderness of touch all at once.
That’s what I saw. But perhaps you’ll see something else — a reflection of your own calm, or a memory of light rising from silence.
The Alchemy of Blue and Gold
The gold in Nurtured by Blue doesn’t rest on the surface so much as it rises from within. It feels alive, as if the blue itself breathes light into being. Together, they form a quiet alchemy: the blue, deep and nurturing, offers its calm; the gold, radiant and fleeting, becomes its voice.
In that relationship, there’s something profoundly human — the way stillness gives birth to thought, the way silence releases sound, the way light emerges only because darkness makes room for it.
The result is harmony — an endless, luminous exchange between depth and radiance, body and spirit, water and light.
Call to Reflection
Standing before Nurtured by Blue, I invite you to linger — to let your eyes rest in its depths and feel the quiet warmth that lives within the blue. It’s a work that rewards stillness, that opens slowly, revealing its softness through time.
Nurtured by Blue is a limited edition artwork (1 of 5), printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art Canvas and can be acquired through our on-line gallery.
