Ambiguous features can morph from immense beauty into utter despair, with hints of the eyes breaking the surface
beneath layers of paint, charcoal, turpentine, expressive brush strokes and often physical DNA from the artists» fingertips.
Influenced by the loose washes of traditional Chinese brush painting, Zhang dilutes his paint until it is almost like a glaze, leaving pencil - drawn grids visible
beneath the layers of paint.
The one oil on canvas work in the show, Abstraktes Bild 875 - 3 (2001), sings a muted song of representation, buried
beneath layers of paint which seem chiselled away in order to reveal something urgent but ultimately lost beneath.
Not exact matches
Using this method it is important not to disturb the
layer of paint beneath, so either wait for it to dry, or make sure the amount
of paint is minimised.
Over the last decade the underlying drawings
beneath the
layers of thick
paint have evolved into her «inside out»
paintings.
Much
of each
painting is hidden in
layers, and only the act
of dragging a metal tool across its surface exposes some
of what is
beneath.
And once the taught skin
of the
painting is finally broken, — sliced open to reveal a fresh
layer of shinier copper
beneath, a question
of the satisfaction
of drives might follow, or
of their objectification.
Layers of previous activity can be seen, for instance,
beneath the surface
of The Dark Lady, 1947/85, that are visible yet not convincingly appropriated into the
painting's completion — not even in the very late revision as reflected in the double date.
The balance and symmetry in Keltie Ferris's
paintings invite their viewers to discover underlying grid formations, hidden
beneath the
layers of color and different styles
of application, created by broad brushstrokes and smudged colors.
The figureless landscapes in this collection lure the viewer to look beyond the
layers of painted and conceptual abstraction to find what lies
beneath.
Individual drips
of color hum alongside one another like vibrating strings, while rivulets and delicate lattice - like interruptions in thicker curtains
of paint reveal
layers beneath them and obfuscate others.
Flashing along the borders
of the figures like a reflection catching the light, streaks
of paint and gesso
beneath the top
layer make fleeting appearances throughout the series.
«action painters» - to use Rosenberg's term - here, and
beneath the looping lines, drips and blocks
of color that mark their
paintings» surfaces, you can look to see deeper
layers of painterly activity.
An abstract wall
painting emerges from
beneath a
layer of peeling plaster.
These artworks manifest as a double
layered painting where colorful mixtures
of Japanese sumi ink, charcoal, and watercolor on the underside
of the framed glass interacts through light and perspective with the complimentary
painting beneath the glass.
Early in her career Howard began utilising common household gloss
paint, leaving it to separate in the can so that the colour pigment sinks
beneath a
layer of thick, sumptuous varnish.
The
paintings are on wood panels, prepared with a traditional heated gesso, which allows an underpainting
of gouache, usually ultramarine blue, to lie
beneath an imprimatura
layer and interact with the oil
paint that covers it to varying degrees.
Swaths
of paint wiped away to reveal a ghost image
beneath; more
paint pushed around to create
layers of history.
Employing a brightly colored palette dominated by yellows, pinks and blues, his fields and angular bands overlap one another, creating irregular geometric shapes within the
paintings, with linear elements emerging from
beneath earlier
layers of paint.
Each
painting consists
of swatches
of oil
paint perfectly chosen by color
layered upon
layer, and with tiny
painted out imperfections
beneath allowed to flicker through.
Alongside solid blocks
of color are moments where Whitney allows a hint
of the history
of the specific
painting to peak from
beneath an obscuring
layer.
Bradford has transformed Philippoteaux's work, scraping and gouging through
layers of paper, rope and cord, forming a series
of abstract
paintings with scenes
of The Battle
of Gettysburg lurking
beneath.
A later
painting in the exhibit titled «To Charles Ives» (above), its calligraphic snaky lines eliciting homage or reference to Brice Marden, is an experimentation with laying rope on
paint, pulling it off and scraping some areas to reveal
layers of color
beneath.
Or will there forever be a gummy under -
layer of wet
paint beneath the seemingly dry surface?
I had hoped to find a chippy
layer of old white
paint beneath the green.
Annie then
painted a top coat
of Duck Egg Blue, wiping it back with a damp cloth as she went to reveal the
layers of Brass Leaf and Aubusson Blue
beneath.