Created by layering
thickly painted areas with fragments of found maps, the composition mixes mechanical reproductions with tactile brushwork to yield a central circular form edged by both paint and paper.
Not exact matches
A
thickly rendered,
painted surface may be built upon a foundation of worn, stacked materials, and a smooth
area may be made of countless layers of rubbed and fanned out
paint.
It was applied to produce a range of texture, including
areas of dabbed - on
paint with quite sharp but low impasto,
areas of
thickly blended colour, dribbles and extremely thin scumbles.
Shown at the New Museum, seated in her solo exhibition Don't Axe Me (2013), she explains how she scrapped away
areas of her
thickly painted canvases and inlaid black paper birds, leaving their sharply cut edges distinctly visible.
An important yet overlooked figure of the Bay
Area Abstract Expressionist movement, Gechtoff was known for producing vibrant large - scale works featuring expressive gestural brushstrokes and
thickly - applied layers of oil
paint.
This is especially felt along the lower edge, where Mitchell applies
thickly - brushed
areas of off - white
paint to cover the drips that run from her green strokes.