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Fissure
60 x 40 inches - diptych
acrylic and mixed media on gallery wrap canvas
$ 5800
60 x 40 inches - diptych
acrylic and mixed media on gallery wrap canvas
$ 5800
This abstract painting was inspired by the fact that I have a son who is a mining engineer. He would explain to me how different machinery works; horizontal drillers for example. I found myself imagining what it would look like inside that rock, to see so much material just flying away.
When I begin a painting I usually have an idea of where I am going with it and I will often make a small compositional sketch. I begin painting a canvas to establish the general color field.As that dries I apply texture through build up of papers and acrylic mediums, using a palette knife. After I determing that the major part of paint application is finished I add collage materials including cut and torn papers, cardboard, glass beads, foil, metal, Styrofoam, screening, etc.
When I begin a painting I usually have an idea of where I am going with it and I will often make a small compositional sketch. I begin painting a canvas to establish the general color field.As that dries I apply texture through build up of papers and acrylic mediums, using a palette knife. After I determing that the major part of paint application is finished I add collage materials including cut and torn papers, cardboard, glass beads, foil, metal, Styrofoam, screening, etc.
- Two 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch gallery wrap canvas - wired and ready to hang
- Layers of thinly laid acrylic paint over acrylic mediums and collaged papers
- Descriptive textural elements: cut papers, acrylic mediums, screening, mat board, wire, fabric, foil
- Oil pastel highlights are added at the end of the process and the painting is finished with a clear acrylic varnish for surface protection
- The painting extends around all sides of the gallery wrapped canvas