More recently the artist has started
scraping back some of the paint as he works.
Not exact matches
When I went
back and started
scraping, I found out that this poor dresser had literally 6 coats
of different colored
paint under the black.
From a 5 TS stretching
back to 1976 to the very latest 2015 Clio Cup, via a 1985 5 GT Turbo and a pair
of earlier Clio Cups dating from 1991 and 1999, these terrific little cars represent a commitment to
paint - trading, door - handle -
scraping, talent - nurturing, one - make rough - and - tumble that's second to none.
After many months and hours
of sittings, where applied
paint is typically
scraped back and then reapplied, the final image will often then emerge within a matter
of hours.
His technique
of scraping back his
paint echoes both the distressed paintwork
of Venetian palaces and the desecration
of religious artworks seen in Siena.
A formal tension in Ferris's work exists between types
of mark - making: fields
of spray call to mind a quasi-photographic, Richterian blur, while
scraped - on graphite and textured lines
of oil pastel bring the
paintings back into a non-objective realm.
But I feel they are there somehow, or at least creating enough
of a division between forms, allowing for a bit
of consideration before zapping off somewhere else in the
painting, perhaps like Anne Smart's
scraping back into the
paint.
Untitled (mirrors and plaster), 2015/16, materials: Found mirrors with parts
of silver
backing scraped off, gold leaf, acrylic, spray
paint, plaster with cardboard packaging and embedded mirror shards (installation view), variable dimensions.
Through the veils
of layers, achieved by continuously accumulating and
scraping back the
paint, a figure emerges as if to suggest how the sitter itself has become enveloped and partly obscured by the energy
of the
paint.
Inspired by memories
of living in the North
of England and frequenting Australia and Thailand, Peacock,
scrapes back layers
of paint to reveal the blur
of horizon met in every journey.
For half a century he has worked in an uncompromising way,
scraping back the surface
of the canvas to start and re-start the
painting process.
While Chung Sang - hwa created layered grids
of cracked and chipped
paint, Ha Chong - hyun pushed viscous
paint through the
back of hemp, smearing and
scraping the residue across the surface.
On nice days, he tells me, he drags his easel out and
paints en plein air before
scraping back at the end
of the day to prepare for the next onslaught.
Frottage Technique In the early 1920s, in his pursuit
of Surrealist ideas
of automatism in art, he developed a technique called frottage (rubbing)- which involved placing objects under a canvas layered in
paint, and then
scraping back the
paint on the raised areas
of the canvas.
The formal properties
of the new material prevent the artist from being able to
scrape back the
paint and rework an image as he can with aluminium.
I plan on coming
back soon to share a more in - depth how to on the
painting of this tile, but here it is after a lot
of scraping off
of old silicone and chipping grout, repairing the spots that were missing grout, scrubbing, caulking around the window trim, more scrubbing and finally — primer.
I have also
painted the mirror over my sink white, but I need to go
back and
scrape the
paint off
of the mirror with a razor blade.
When I went
back and started
scraping, I found out that this poor dresser had literally 6 coats
of different colored
paint under the black.