The past several days in the studio have presented me with work inspired by referencing Helen Frankenthaler. She is known for her abstract expressionistic landscapes on various unprepared surfaces. Although I have been taught that archival approaches to my work are most appropriate, I have chosen to paint canvases without priming them. I am treating them as if they were watercolors on canvas. I have also been painting wood prepared with clear primer (much like a synthetic version of rabbit skin glue) using oil and cold wax and a scraping method.
Much of the color is being determined by scraping and blending process while the work is in the hands of it's maker. I like allowing the wood to show through.
Residency Summary
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Sunday, June 21
Faculty Presentation
"Benefit of education is to learn to think for yourself. . . Interrogate
your taste to find out who you are". Jan Avgikos
15 years ago
