Augustus Francis
Archcitectonic Blue, 2020
Oil, wax, dry pigment, and synthetic resin on canvas
87” x 63” 

The expansive physicality of this work gestures toward immateriality with veil-like layers inviting a meditative, open-ended gaze. Architectonic Blue is a threshold between the seen and the sensed. The painting dissolves the boundary between surface and depth, creating a visual experience that feels suspended between presence and absence. In this way, the piece aligns with Augustus Francis’s ongoing interest in the possibilities of light, space, and the ineffable dimensions of consciousness.

The abstract composition, shown above to visualize its scale, dynamically evokes the sublime grandeur of a cosmic event or underwater surge. Rendered in a luminous palette of cobalt blue, icy white, and iridescent pastels, its cascade of ethereal pigments appears to erupt or ascend from the lower right, with expressive splashes and marbled veins of pigment embodying the wake of motion. Delicate accents of green, pink, and violet flicker against the deep blue ground, lending the work a celestial, almost interstellar ambiance.

Architectonic Blue resonates with the transformative spirit of alchemy, not through literal symbolism but in its transmutation of materials into sensation. Pigment, resin, and surface coalesce into an atmospheric field that feels more elemental than constructed, suggesting a process of refinement. Dark matter becomes luminous. Density turns ethereal. This visual alchemy mirrors Francis's philosophical search for elevation, purity, and the invisible magnetism that animates existential metamorphosis.

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