The Alchemy of Colour — Creating My Own Pigments

Q (expanded from Lee’s fourth question): You’ve described your process as organic and almost alchemical. Can you share more about your experiments with colour?

For me, colour is more than pigment—it’s transformation. I often think of myself as an alchemist in the studio, blending unexpected elements to unlock entirely new shades. Working with mica powders, I’ve discovered combinations that feel almost magical. For example, mixing metallic orange with metallic green created a luminous gold; blending metallic green with metallic purple produced silver. These experiments remind me that colour has its own rules—scientific and emotional at once.

This process has sparked a dream of developing my own line of paints, each designed not just for aesthetics but for emotion. Imagine a palette built to reflect resilience, joy, longing, or harmony—each hue carefully crafted to carry feeling as much as visual impact.

For me, this is where art meets science. The way light refracts through crystal or how primaries combine into black—these are reminders that colour is both natural law and poetic possibility. It’s in that space between logic and magic that I find my creative flow.

✨ Explore how colour alchemy shapes my original artworks.