Iteration Blue IX

Artwork details

Artist

Jonathan Higgins

Title

Iteration Blue IX

Description

In the "Iteration Blue" series of metalpoint drawings, Jonathan Higgins puts a contemporary spin on an old master technique. Using soft metals to make marks on the prepared deep ultramarine blue ground, traces of the metal are left on the surface and density is built up by repeated marks. Metalpoint, or silverpoint, was widely used by Renaissance artists, typically on a white or light ground. On a dark ground the reflective qualities and color of the metals are emphasized.

Silver and bronze on deep ultramarine blue acrylic ground on Arches MBM paper mounted to Fabriano Artistico paper.

Date

2026

Medium

Drawing

Signature

Signed

Image

15.5 x 11 inches

Sheet

15.5 x 11 inches

Status

Sold