Through a process of applying many translucent
layers of oil paint onto canvases lying on the floor random expressionistic color fields are created sometimes with broken geometric structures floating on the surface.
In his darker Round monotypes, he painstakingly transfers many
layers of oil paint onto paper to create infinite space similar to Tang Dynasty bronze mirrors.
Not exact matches
Use a pastry brush to
paint a thin
layer of melted butter or
oil onto the surface
of the double
layer filo rectangle.
The artist first applies thick
layers of oil paint in various colors, including burnt sienna, green, blue, and yellow,
onto a white
painted background, then uses her body to vigorously mix and sculpt the material until the once - vibrant pigments meld into a rich gray tone.
This exhibition also draws attention to works in the Museum's collection such as Frank Stella's (b. 1936) Moby Dick prints, currently on view in the adjacent Connecting Chaos exhibition, in which he
layers cut paper
onto multiple print processes, and Keltie Ferris's (b. 1977) The Wrestler (2009) in the Museum's atrium, which incorporates
oil, acrylic, and spray
paint into an abstract
layering of color and shapes.
I chose them because they are, in many ways, the polar opposite
of traditional mediums — a way to take very complex, age - old master's techniques like reverse
painting and the glazing and
layering of oil paints, exploding them
onto modern mediums that speak more to current times.
Gilad Efrat, who lays
layers of thick
oil paint only to engrave within it or the subtract from it, functions much like that ancient writer, who imprints marks by stakes
onto a soft mortar plaque, hurrying to affix meaning
onto the surface
of the material before it will harden.
Bickerton then works directly
onto the photographic print using thick
layers of oil and acrylic
paint so that the components
of photograph,
painting, and sculpture become indistinguishable.
Art history imparts a heavy weight
onto mediums like
oil paint, but, like any other material, Hundley then capitalizes on these histories by embracing them and unleashing their potential - by titling some
of the
paintings Still Life or Composition he embeds yet another
layer of historical reference.
Instead
of using canvas — as he had done previously — Richter experimented with Alucobond, a composite
of aluminium and plastic, because
of the unexpected effects that result when coloured
oil paint is
layered onto the very smooth surface
of this material.
CAM Raleigh presents five
of these signature works — all abstract — in which the artist
layers oil paint onto a plate - glass or Plexiglas support before scraping off the accumulating «skins,» as he calls them, and collaging them
onto a canvas, letting the thickened medium ripple, sag, and wrinkle, marvelously, across the cotton surface.
These «
oil skins» are then scraped off in sheets and draped
onto canvas, revealing
layers of under
painting and distorting the original image.