Seeing Red: Sidney Creaghan. 2020

​My first experience with the power of color; in this case the power of Red, with its innate, potent, passionate, foxy ways was through my Mother telling me, "If you feel blue wear red."  And I still do.
 
Red the mood changer, in a class by its alizarin self, fits into the category of sui generis.

Red is in a class by its flaming, ruby, cardinal, courageous self.

Its vermillion vivacity may be challenged by cherry red, by blood red,  all the Reds abundant confidence.
 
We know the way a slight or sturdy blush yields so much information yet not a word spoken. The flame the sizzle the desire in Reds weave  shamelessly through many of my paintings. Erotic, intense, emotional, not unlike the way a fire engine grabs our imagination and brings to wonder.

​We rivet to Red with its natural ease radiating that vibrant pulse of scarlet curiosity.