Not exact matches
The invention in the twentieth century of
oil pastel, in which the
pigment is mixed with
oil and wax, presented a less friable but equally vibrant alternative to the
traditional pastel.
Always comfortable with disrupting the
traditional and expected approach of the unspoiled vistas within landscape painting, the new series is freely in direct opposition given its use of the problematic materials of asphalt emulsion, tar,
oil, wax, powdered mineral
pigments and shellac on canvas.
The paintings, many of modest size, vary in medium from
traditional oil and acrylic to gold leaf and other non-
traditional materials; the drawings include graphite, ink and natural
pigment drawings and range from post-it note size to much larger scale drawings.
The work in the exhibition varies in medium from
traditional oil and acrylic paintings to drawings that include graphite on paper, and ink and natural
pigment on felt.