This is the first Blue Painting the artist ever painted.
The subtle colouring of the piece, which is slightly reminiscent of Morandi’s still lifes, is defined by a delicate azure blue, a colour which was only used in the artists latest works, beginning with this painting.

Lawrence Carroll’s work is strongly characterized by his exploration of minimalistic trends in art. His own remarkable answer to the questions arising from minimalism in subsequent artistic generations is what makes Carroll’s work so unique. As a reaction to the deadpan blind alley of positivist minimalism he turned to the specific and emotional qualities of painting. Poor quality materials are subjected to a long and intensive processing and reflection until their original fabricated properties have all but been disintegrated. The proverbial ‘hand of the artist’ disappears in the material used in Carroll’s paintings and sculptures due to its extended time of processing. According to Lawrence Carroll, ‘The painter lets go of something and the painting retains this within itself’.   
 
The subtle colouring of the works, which is slightly reminiscent of Morandi’s still lifes, is defined by a delicate azure blue in his latest works.

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