Signed, titled and dated on the reverse
One colour is often given even greater resonance by its proximity to another.
Sometimes complementary, sometimes clashing, the effect of placing one colour against another at times echoes this central aspect of Bridget Riley's exploration of colour. The result in Greaves' painting is especially vibrant in paintings in which he introduces closely painted dots of colour which dance across.
More subtly, it also accounts for the shimmering effect that Greaves achieves in paintings such as Rain (2002), where the lines of falling water are depicted using one colour set against another:
Literature
Derrick Greaves: Paintings and Drawings 1952 - 2002, James Hyman Gallery, London, 2003, (cat. 34), illustrated p.29.