This week, I started with the idea of again combing the two places of my work and Colorado, but as the says went on, I found myself going back more to what I was doing before. I was ultimately inspired by the barred window study in my sketchbook to take that similar idea of the drips with some sort of barrier, but enlarge it (in this case, on a 16 in x 24 in canvas). This was also a good chance for me to experiment again with transferring images on a larger scale. Let me just say right now, rubbing off images that large takes a lot longer than I anticipated (like 2 hours per canvas). I also tried then working on top of the transferred image (unfortunately it was still damp when I did that so it turned out a bit splotchy)
I love the top one with the geometric marks throughout it. Are you thinking of doing the large transfers anymore?
Thanks Jenn! And I think I will continue to try doing large transfers. I found the biggest struggle with that was trying to get a seamless transition in the image but I’m going to try playing with it some more
The top image is so successful in my opinion! The scale and placement of the geometric shapes are really thought out and I think that adds to the impact of it.
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this painting seemed particularly relevant, but kerry james marshall often plays with obscuring or obliterating parts of his images in a way which is one part abstract expressionism and one part graffiti