Contrast Painting

Painting Leicester Continued

 

Having done my large emulsion painting on Fabriano paper. I used sections of my drawings to form the structure of the painting. I applied the emulsion paint very quickly using large household brushes, a sponge, a squeegee, and basically anything which I had lying around at the time. This time I added very small glimpses of colour which provided a focus point. I encouraged drips by using a large amount of paint for each stroke. Amongst the chaos I showed some constraint by using masking tape in some small sections, peeling it back to show a sharp edge which looks like a section of a building. I liked the contrast this created. My tutor recommended to look at the artist John Virtue, specifically his Black and White London series.

Large Fabriano Painting

Black and White Emulsion on Fabriano Paper

70 x 100" approx.

Having studied the urban environment around Leicester I this large emulsion painting on Fabriano paper. I used sections of my drawings to form the structure of the painting. I applied the emulsion paint very quickly using large household brushes, a sponge, a squeegee, and basically anything which I had lying around at the time. I encouraged drips by using a large amount of paint for each stroke. Amongst the chaos I showed some constraint by using masking tape in some small sections, peeling it back to show a sharp edge which looks like a section of a building. I liked the contrast this created. My tutor recommended to look at the artist John Virtue, specifically his Black and White London series.

Painting Leicester

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Series of Observational Drawings

Black Sharpie Pen, A4 Paper

I created a some observational drawings of different buildings around Leicester. I tried to record as much information in these as I could. I wasn't focusing on a specific style of building, but the buildings which I chose had lots of detail in them, so that I can pick sections of the drawings to study further.

Richard Wilson - 20:50

                                         Richard Wilson, 20:50

Richard Wilson is a British Born sculptor, whose work I saw at my recent visit to the Saatchi Gallery on the London Trip. His site specific installation '20:50' gives the impression that the room is filled with oil, though it is just a few inches deep. It seems to me that Wilson really played with the idea of space and density.

Michael Johansson

Recollecting Koganecho, 2012

Dawn, 2013

Michael Johansson is a Swedish artist who creates large scale installations using household items. I came across Johansson while searching for sculptors whose work was like the words 'Dense' and 'Made'. To me his work is about filling a designated space a forcing the air from it. The items he uses are quite arbitrary, though there is some thought into the aesthetics of each item. As you can see in 'Dawn' the choice in colours is limited to blue hues.