"..coloring has always been a primary component of Tod’s pictorial construction..."
Tod Bailey Savage Color - The Orchard - Interview
After I cooked him yummy blue berry pancakes, Tod Bailey showed me his newest paintings. Close inspection of his handling of color in “The Orchard” revealed nearly perfect tonal balance, enhanced by an overall quality of radiance.
The reason this got my attention is because he used predominantly cool color tones in “The Orchard,” and it’s extremely difficult to succeed with a cool color scheme, in fact most artists do a miserable job of balancing dominant cool tones with the warm colors required for visual comfort. Since coloring has always been a primary component of Tod’s pictorial construction, I questioned him:
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Virginia Billeaud Anderson: Artists often blow it when working in the cool end of the color spectrum, we've all seen puke-y canvases unleashed which are over weighted with blues and greens. But in “The Orchard” you achieved cohesiveness by offsetting the cool tones with warm pinks and yellows, as well as some neutrals. Tell me about the process which resulted in such elegant balance. Did you sketch the cool and warm passages? While arranging the composition, did you make color choices mindful of traditional color theory based on contrasting and complimentary hues? Or, was it all disheveled and intuitive?
Tod Bailey: Virginia, there was no sketch. Just intuitive color play. Luck?
It wasn’t difficult to accept the lack of intellectual program behind this particular bit of color virtuosity. Familiarity with Tod’s work had me aware that at times his pictorial engagement is undisciplined and raw, as if it springs from savage thrill. His collectors find that cannibalism seductive.
One hour later, though, Tod reconsidered and admitted that in this case "dumbass luck" was backed up by intense concentration.
Tod Bailey: Look, I worked on that painting for five months. It took time!
“The Orchard” will be displayed in Tod Bailey’s solo exhibition of paintings, Tod Bailey, which opens on Saturday June 3, 2017 at Gspot Gallery in Houston, Texas. The opening reception is Saturday, June 3, 6-9 pm. Gspot Gallery, which is owned by that rascal Wayne Gilbert, is located at 310 East Ninth Street, Houston Texas.
Image: Tod Bailey, “The Orchard,” 2017, Oil on Canvas, 38” x 42”
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