{"id":18594,"date":"2020-03-11T16:02:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T16:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/?p=18594"},"modified":"2020-03-11T16:06:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T16:06:12","slug":"e-x-p-a-n-s-i-v-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/e-x-p-a-n-s-i-v-e\/","title":{"rendered":"E X P A N S I V E"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019ve been thinking about artwork that has an expansive quality&#8230; Some pieces open up the space of a room, like a sort of portal:\u00a0unrepressed and inclusive. Surprisingly, dark colours can do this too and it\u2019s a bit of an interior design anomaly that small spaces should be painted in light colours to appear larger, when actually, small spaces in dark colours can appear\u00a0larger. Cool colours are also good for creating an expansive quality as they recede visually, as opposed to warmer colours, which have an approaching quality and can therefore appear to make a space\u00a0smaller&#8230; So, along with this musing &#8211; here\u2019s a selection of work that feels airy, expansive&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"426\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140436\/holocene-viii-oil-on-hemp_adf9a40481dbb711c6c353d57cbe203a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140436\/holocene-viii-oil-on-hemp_adf9a40481dbb711c6c353d57cbe203a.jpg 426w, https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140436\/holocene-viii-oil-on-hemp_adf9a40481dbb711c6c353d57cbe203a-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/artwork\/holocene-viii-oil-on-hemp-by-colette-lavette\">Holocene Vii by Colette LaVette <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140509\/trails_29f32767cabed9ee733dee76f3e067522.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140509\/trails_29f32767cabed9ee733dee76f3e067522.jpg 800w, https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140509\/trails_29f32767cabed9ee733dee76f3e067522-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140509\/trails_29f32767cabed9ee733dee76f3e067522-768x560.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/artwork\/trails\">Trails by Kidd Murray<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140517\/outline_2ade15110c5f3af38f6c48ce2e8b10862.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140517\/outline_2ade15110c5f3af38f6c48ce2e8b10862.jpg 598w, https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140517\/outline_2ade15110c5f3af38f6c48ce2e8b10862-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140517\/outline_2ade15110c5f3af38f6c48ce2e8b10862-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140517\/outline_2ade15110c5f3af38f6c48ce2e8b10862-370x370.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/artwork\/outline-by-jo-hummel\">Outline by Jo Hummel<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140540\/cattle-drive_2_c7cd43ebd4f1c078cd154090c4d3da1d2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140540\/cattle-drive_2_c7cd43ebd4f1c078cd154090c4d3da1d2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140540\/cattle-drive_2_c7cd43ebd4f1c078cd154090c4d3da1d2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/artwork\/cattle-drive-by-charlotte-serena-johnston\">Cattle Drive by Charlotte Serena Johnston<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140540\/fading-awaymounted-30x40cm_c6b29a8e91fb5df494d1796326ec05f32.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140540\/fading-awaymounted-30x40cm_c6b29a8e91fb5df494d1796326ec05f32.jpeg 475w, https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140540\/fading-awaymounted-30x40cm_c6b29a8e91fb5df494d1796326ec05f32-238x300.jpeg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/artwork\/fading-awaymounted-30x40cm-by-malgorzata-lapsa-malawska\">Fading Away by Malgorzata Lapsa-Malawska<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140541\/just-travelling_a65302e877cd73505c3997ff845681412.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140541\/just-travelling_a65302e877cd73505c3997ff845681412.jpeg 703w, https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140541\/just-travelling_a65302e877cd73505c3997ff845681412-300x256.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/artwork\/just-travelling-by-nina-stallwood\">Just Travelling by Nina Stallwood<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140541\/wellen-iv-ahrenshoop_62786555d59de312d99c8c3063132f453.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140541\/wellen-iv-ahrenshoop_62786555d59de312d99c8c3063132f453.jpg 597w, https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140541\/wellen-iv-ahrenshoop_62786555d59de312d99c8c3063132f453-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/artwork\/wellen-iv-ahrenshoop-by-birgitte-lykke-madsen\">Wellen, IV, Ahrenshoop by&nbsp;Birgitte Lykke Madsen<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140542\/islands-in-the-bristol-channel-revisited_681d572bda41fb186b845aa27781311d2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140542\/islands-in-the-bristol-channel-revisited_681d572bda41fb186b845aa27781311d2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140542\/islands-in-the-bristol-channel-revisited_681d572bda41fb186b845aa27781311d2-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140542\/islands-in-the-bristol-channel-revisited_681d572bda41fb186b845aa27781311d2-768x482.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140543\/brunswik_402526da20a59dd98da39c146f9206a82.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140543\/brunswik_402526da20a59dd98da39c146f9206a82.jpg 400w, https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp.media.newbloodart.com\/2020\/03\/11140543\/brunswik_402526da20a59dd98da39c146f9206a82-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/artwork\/brunswik-by-gareth-griffiths\">Brunswik by&nbsp;Gareth Griffiths<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been thinking about artwork that has an expansive quality&#8230; Some pieces open up the space of a room, like a sort of portal:\u00a0unrepressed and inclusive. Surprisingly, dark colours can do this too and it\u2019s a bit of an interior design anomaly that small spaces should be painted in light colours to appear larger, when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[325],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curated-collections"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18594"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18624,"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18594\/revisions\/18624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}