oil on linen
30 x 24 cm
Details showing the sides of several recent canvases
A friend writes that my threshold for entertainment is low. Perhaps you will agree after reading this post. Nonetheless, I find myself fascinated by the edge of the canvas and how to finish a painting. Convention dictates that one scrape off the residual paint to make a nice finished edge for framing. Instead, I am leaving each mark on the canvas as it is made, including any paint that spills over the edge. There is no "erasure:" these latest works are all about the process. So, the resulting canvas edge shows something of the different layers in the paintings and how it is made. Interestingly, the paintings become much more three dimensional, almost like sculpture.
No comments:
Post a Comment