Calla in Blue

Calla in Blue substitutes the muted grey-green palette of the numbered Calla prints for a cool, blue-leaning register, the spathe rendered in successive layers of translucent blue that thin toward the edges of the form. The compositional convention is unchanged — a single flower, near-frontal, occupying the sheet alone — but the shift in hue alters the perceived weight of the bloom, which reads cooler and more recessive than its grey counterparts. The technical process is the same: a hand-drawn screen, drawn directly by the artist rather than transferred from a photograph, and approximately ten squeegee pulls per finished print. The blue accumulates with each pass, producing the watercolour-like depth that her practice is known for. Within Tokitoh's body of work, the Calla in Blue series functions as a parallel sequence to the numbered greys, applying the same single-motif format and the same slow editioning method to a distinct chromatic premise.