In Untitled, Whitney’s water-soluble crayons work in the space between watercolour and pencil, combining fluid, translucent qualities with the linear control and mark-making characteristics of drawing media. Washes of high-key tones act as a ground for his electric structures of colour, jostling in and out of the grid. Executed in Parma, Italy, Whitney first developed his signature motif of an architectural approach in response to ancient roman structures and frescos. His combinatory improvisation, has its musical counterpart in jazz, an abiding influence for Whitney that allows for a rhythmic and lyrical space to be created. “Colour has always been about space for me,” the artist explained: “how could one create space in the colour on a grid? How could I lay two colours so close to each other and not trap them but rather allow air..?”