Not exact matches
This signature
paint application emerged within her representational work but
became a technique that helped her explore fundamental elements of abstraction.
While thinned oil
paint tends not to be as brilliant as stained acrylic, Bush's loose and casual
application — usually with a brush — enlivened the surface, giving what
became known as his «thrust» and «sash»
paintings their characteristic warmth.
This exploration is one of the key elements in the work of many very established painters, such as Robert Ryman, where for him not just the
paint application comes into play but his choice of methods for attaching the
painting to the wall or the actual date and signature on the work
become a pivotal piece of the composition.
In a recent
painting, «Waiting Room», the same man is pictured twice in different styles, the
application of
paint becoming looser as the
painting recedes.
Certain structures and processes
become mesmerizing as McKeever spins his various webs and trellises in
paint, as sequential
applications of viscous materials cascade over his canvases.
Soon, however, Feeley's
application of
paint changed,
becoming flatter, less yielding.
Each begins with the preparation of the
painting surface, which itself requires the
application of numerous layers of medium in order to achieve the characteristically smooth, matte, and tactile finish that
becomes a foundation for the subsequent composition.
Additionally, even when he was inspired by Chinese art, notably by a trip he made to China in 1987, and
became more gestural and intuitive in his
application of
paint, he did not accept one of the longstanding, underlying assumptions of New York - based abstraction, dating back at least to Frank Stella, which was the widely accepted belief that abstract
painting could be both objective and immediately accessible.
Like in an abstract expressionist
painting, the subject of Cycle
becomes the gesture and
application of
paint.
This was the period when Scully's
paintings pushed forward his many early attempts to retain a vivid and exaggerated dynamic edge, when his coy and brilliant hedonism found its écriture, and when earthy bands of color
became wider and more expressive as if to protrude into a deeper tonality through his pulsating, gestural
applications.
In
painting as in mathematics, the role of structure or coherence
became more evident and the range of its
applications was extended to new elements.
The real subject
becomes the substance and surface of oil
paint, the variety of its
applications, and the ways in which it can be used to celebrate life.
The material qualities of the
paint and its
application became perfunctory for me.
Becoming more popular is the
application of vinyl stickers over
painted risers — we've seen quite a few creatively styled «bookend» stairs cropping up recently too.