Most of his paintings are made by «un-painting» as well as painting: A language that he has made his own; oil paint is applied in layers and dissolved
away with turpentine, forming something quietly and unexpectedly beautiful.
Perhaps most telling in all of Wool's repertoire of anti-gestural gestures is his propensity, since 2000, to paint by erasing — to wipe
away with a turpentine - soaked rag the marks he's already made.
Not exact matches
While Newman's work reeled viewers into a color field, Swavely's paintings resist close inspection, for as one approaches, the brushstrokes that once felt voluminous fall flat, having been washed
away by
turpentine - soaked rags scrubbed across canvas heavy
with oil.