A cheap foam one is best because the Polyurethane can ruin it if you don't have
paint thinner standing by (which I didn't).
Not exact matches
Relying on the
thinner quality of acrylic
paint compared to oil, Nara creates each
painting by adding and removing pigment until he reaches his desired effect: a canvas made up of suspended hues that allows the figure to emerge through layers of color, inviting the viewer to
stand still and enter a moment of contemplation.
One piece that especially
stood out — a large work made up of twenty white paper squares divided by a
thin wooden frame on which much smaller squares and rectangles
painted in oil had been arbitrarily placed — is a visual testimony to the love of music and poetry that informs the creative work of this painter.
She has never stopped
painting, always abstracting from fruit
stands or saints or museum masterpieces, trying out
thin washes, sweeping brushstrokes, expressive drawing masked by repetitive drips.