Screenprint the rainbow (Screenprint-Color)

Dodo with a Yoyo

Nick Morley 

Medium: Screen print, linocut 

56x47 cm

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Nick Morley is an illustrator from the UK. He has been featured in several magazines, book covers, and on the BBC, a British television channel. He runs a blog.

I chose this piece because what instantly struck me was the use of color. The brightness of the pink yoyo, and the beautiful nature blue on the dodo is wonderful. There is also the belly of the dodo, which uses a light and soft yellow. Then the accents used for the nature parts on the floor. The small leaves with their pale almost neutral blue, and then the neutral color of the wheat. Most of the colors in this piece are really neutral and blend together. But the blue and the pink really contrast against it all, yet it works. It works because of the blending of nature and materials from the human world.