Evolving

Keeping with the theme of texture and found materials and continuing to use some of the materials from the last few projects I created Two new works. The first was an off cut of primed canvas approx. 24cm square this then had 2 smaller off cuts glued on, one square and 1 rectangular, the glue was left to dry over night and in the morning it was solid but with one corner rolled over. due to the solidity of the canvas I could not bend it back but actually I liked the result and went with it. Adding a small amount of gold leaf behind the canvas sections created a small area of interest. Then over laying several coats of white emulsion then grey built up a nice texture and depth of colour similar to previous works and that of Franz Kline. The final layer of paint was applied with a palette knife in oil with an impasto finish with a section of grey left revelled. The canvas segments with coloured in a thin black acrylic was and a deep crimson to add just a hint of colour and warmth, similar to works by Robert Ryman.

I do feel the end result works well, I like the rigid canvas and the heavy texture but also the curled edges and faded colour. The way it is nailed to the wall almost like a poster that’s been there to long something that was once shinny and new now discarded and worn.

The second piece also involved found items, this time I had some off cuts of wood and a small 30x30xm canvas board. The wooded blocks were glued on to the board as if in a falling motion but then having been blocked by the edges of the board, stuck in the corner. An off cut of canvas was then glued again as if falling in the centre of the board but it to was caught or stuck but this time by the paint not the edges of the board. I had the corner of the canvas rolled over as before as I like the movement and area this creates. I repeated the layering of white and grey paint to give a texture but deliberately used different paint mediums and glue to make the surface crack and peel, this is very satisfying. Once it was all dry I continued the colour palette from the previous works by using a pure white and black with the crimson. The panels were painted very smooth with sharp edges and look rather neat and tidy adjacent to the rough and cracked surface of the board and canvas.