Cottonwood root · kaolin ground · mineral pigment
Every colour
points somewhere.
A painted field is also a bearing: ochre faces north, blue-green turns west, hematite marks the south, and kaolin opens east. Black holds the ground below.
MAT / 01
Flat colour, dry surface, one near-black keyline between every direction.
Directional pigment register
35.8 N / 110.4 W
Nadir
↓
Below / 06
North
N
Limonite / 01
Rain terrace
profile
profile
West
W
Copper / 02
Zenith
All fields / above
East
E
Kaolin / 04
Ground coat
Chalked before colour is laid
South
S
Hematite / 03
Keyline
Each field closes against black
Bounded object / matte surface
Register 1903–1945