Sentences with phrase «subtly gradated»

In Graham Boyd «s Descender (1976) the large canvas has undergone a process of masking and spray painting resulting in a series of subtly gradated narrow bands of rich colour creating an undulating optical space.

For example, there is the evocative imagery that can result from Maine's own process of stamping carpet textures onto canvas; or the «acrylic, stains, and spray paint on wood panel» by Jaq Chartier that somehow come to resemble photographic emulsion; or the acrylics on canvas by Thomas Pihl of subtly gradated color that seem like translucent screens of light.

Ever since his softly overpainted Views of Corsica series of 1968 - 69, the artist has revisited and reprised its possibilities, creating black - and - white townscapes based on newspaper picture and amateur photographs, mountain and park scenes with heavy impasto, illusionistic seascapes in subtly gradated tones and paintings worked with abstract overpainting.

Not exact matches

Painted in 56 carefully calibrated shades ranging from white to black, the works gradate subtly from light to dark, creating a perspectival illusion that suggests the wall is gently curving into the corner.