This year Charlotte Jackson Fine Art’s annual single-color group exhibition gives viewers the chance to immerse themselves in the true glory of purple, to explore its depths and shades through a diverse selection of works by artists David Simpson, Joe Barnes, William Metcalf, Paul Sarkisian, Roy Thurston, Liane Nouri, Regine Schumann, Bill Thompson, Joan Watts, Robert Sagerman, Jeremy Thomas, and Peter Weber.

With its dynamic palette, fluctuating between lavender, plum, violet, orchid, and indigo - all stemming from the unique combination of calming blue and energized red - purple is a universal color which conjures up royalty, spirituality, mystery, and of course nature. All of this can be found in the artists’ hands in the exhibition Purple Rain.

Each of the artists included in Purple Rain offers the viewer an exploration of varying shades of purple in an assortment of mediums. The rich indigo of David Simpson’s majestic six-foot tondo, Violet Idyl, is dynamically paired with Joe Barnes’ intimate six-inch square aubergine painting on wood. Roy Thurston’s delicate violet on tapered aluminum catches and reflects the light complementing Regine Schumann’s Color Mirror Karlsruhe Blue in fluorescent acrylic glass.

Across the room, Paul Sarkisian envelopes the viewer in iridescent lavender, next to the vibrant purple, indigo, and magenta in Liane Nouri’s triptych Purple Plaster. The illusion of a transparent purple over a black field, in William Metcalf’s Purple Purpose, is created by a deep grape alongside a muted lilac, opposite Bill Thompson’s sensuous Swerve with its shifting indigo and blue-violet interference pigment. Robert Sagerman’s meditative paint application produces a luscious plum pigment on paper next to Joan Watts’ soft iris-to-white ombré painting, and Peter Weber’s tactile dark magenta single-fold felt work. Jeremy Thomas’ wall sculpture, Inaugural Purple, juxtaposes shiny stainless steel with a solid matte amethyst pigment and a hidden teal underbelly, rounding out the lavish color experience.

Purple Rain provides a contemplative experience with it wide range of shades and textures, proving there is not just one color purple.