http://www.journal-online.co.uk/article/9080-callum-innes-works-on-paper
 Innes works in different media, including watercolours, pastels, charcoal and oil. His work is about the physical qualities of these materials and the way he uses them to synthesise colours and explore their properties; to stretch their limits. Although the paintings appear ordered and controlled, there is uncertainty about what resultant colours will be achieved. It is Innes’ curiosity about the limits of colour and its unpredictability that drives and sustains his work. Innes uses a technique of applying and dissolving pigment, painting and un-painting, adding and removing colour. His paintings endure a process of reduction, as he uses turpentine to remove the oil paint. It is also the use of paper as a surface that gives the paintings a modern, delicacy and lightness.


In a similar sort of way I am interested in revealing the characteristics of materials (truth to materials) and working to their strengths. Innes is exploring the layering and blending of colors and using the process of reduction to reveal what colors really are.