She draws out the shapes with pencil and begins to build with color, eventually shifting to
opaque layers of oil paint employing trompe l'oeil trickery and overlays.
Not exact matches
The results are sumptuous abstract encaustic
paintings that utilize a minimal color palette and repetitive imagery, thick
layers of translucent and
opaque wax, paper prepared with batik markings and hand rubbed
oil stick combined to create multi dimensional panels.
Alexander writes: «Keltie's
paintings are built with many
layers of intersecting translucent and
opaque matrixes in various media, including spray (
oil)
paint, acrylic and
oil pastel, forming fabulous amalgams
of color, shape and dynamism.
Throughout, subtly - inflected
layerings of oil paint result in densely optical areas
of flat
opaque color.»
Attentive to the details
of his surroundings, such as the curve
of a green field on the horizon or the shifting shadows as they're cast throughout the day, Kelly builds up his monochromatic
paintings with thick
layers of oil paint, creating a surface that is impenetrably
opaque.