Pentargon60906 out for survey in an Essex marina March 2023 (20230324_160312)
Below I show Pentargon moored at Ponders End in September 2020 (20200728_0750)
Some ideas for future artistic development on Pentargon
Curly Wurly started this project by examining possible designs, concepts and colour scheme possibilities before being inspired by the blue and white geometric wrap seen on a boat at Uxbridge. The Uxbridge example, while striking, was too regimented and rigid, not appropriate to the laid-back life which I consider nirvana: a place of perfect peace and happiness, a state of enlightenment from where a person's individual desires and sufferings go off-grid. We wanted to achieve a paint scheme that reflected the original colours of Pentargon as I first saw her in a magazine in 2012 and later afloat. That was dark blue, light blue, and white.
The three dimensional concept echos an art project I did sixty years ago. A school building we came across with a "random brick" finish, in dark blue, light blue and white colours intrigued me and I reckoned this would work well below gunnel level to alleviate the boredom of acres of white. Acres of white? I hate blacking and I hate black on a boat or anywhere. There would be no black on my boat.
Pentargon is never going to win a beauty competition so why not work with the concept pf wabi sabi and produce a boat which is visually comfortable in its skin? A scheme which preserved elements of the boat as I found her. This could be achieved by keeping the original colours from 2012, dark blue, light blue and white and nail the dark blue which is a classic Trafalger Blue.
but be looser with the light blue and the white ...
Wabi Sabi is "a Japanese concept that finds beauty in imperfection, impermanence, and incompleteness. It's an aesthetic that embraces the natural cycle of things, appreciating the marks of time and wear as signs of character and authenticity. It's about finding beauty in the simple, modest, and natural, rather than striving for an unattainable perfection"
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The three dimensional concept echos an art project I did sixty years ago. A school building we came across with a "random brick" finish, in dark blue, light blue and white colours intrigued me and I reckoned this would work well below gunnel level to alleviate the boredom of acres of white. Acres of white? I hate blacking and I hate black on a boat or anywhere. There would be no black on my boat.
Pentargon is never going to win a beauty competition so why not work with the concept pf wabi sabi and produce a boat which is visually comfortable in its skin? A scheme which preserved elements of the boat as I found her. This could be achieved by keeping the original colours from 2012, dark blue, light blue and white and nail the dark blue which is a classic Trafalger Blue.
but be looser with the light blue and the white ...
Wabi Sabi is "a Japanese concept that finds beauty in imperfection, impermanence, and incompleteness. It's an aesthetic that embraces the natural cycle of things, appreciating the marks of time and wear as signs of character and authenticity. It's about finding beauty in the simple, modest, and natural, rather than striving for an unattainable perfection"
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