Paul Pagk's Minuit Fugue, a pink abstract painting is pretty much the definition of
painterly surface effect; I really love the contrast between the large areas of thick glossy paint, and the crustiness that occurred as the paint approached the whiteish lines.
Not exact matches
The color contrasts are startling, as in «Yellow Half» (1963), a canvas nearly six feet square with a solid V of vibrant red bordered by lemon yellow and then a more subtle red, the whole set on a stark black ground; that is, the ground forms two right triangles on either side of the V. Characteristically, Mr. Noland later went back to these V's, as in «Songs: Indian Love Call» (1984), but this time with very
painterly effects, crumpling the flat
surfaces with broken strokes of thick pigment.
I am interested in exploring the
surface qualities created by the fibers and utilizing the characteristics of the fabrics to create a
painterly effect.
Not only do the ribbons of paper that activate the work's
surface create the illusion of a range of color values, there are other unexpected
painterly effects to perceive.
As Reiner Zittl has written, «Stingel may be categorized in the group of artists who passionately pursue
painterly effects that for the most part appear almost autonomously on the picture's
surface.
Tuanus (2000) has the scale of a history painting, the
painterly gestures, blobs, patches and scrapes of impressionism, expressionism and American abstract expressionism and the graphic
effects of screenprinting and technicolour — a sumptuous
surface that belies the work's apparent subject: a drugs raid in central Frankfurt.
In this recent work, he has lightened his palette as well as his trademark heavily impastoed
surfaces, for an overall
effect that is
painterly yet more pictorial.
The allure of the woven paintings» imperfect lines is not the only indication of Wadden's
painterly background; their textured
surfaces also have this
effect.
These layered, time - based, projections become
painterly, cinematographic
effects that animate and extend the
surface of the paintings.
The
surface takes on a trompe l'oeil
effect as a convincing reproduction of three - dimensional form on a
surface, not unlike traditional mimetic painting — but in this case based on inventiveness rather than
painterly virtuosity.
Her exhilarating, polymorphic sculptures test the limits of color and glaze, creating highly visceral
surfaces and
painterly effects.