VIEW IN MY ROOM
A Tribute to Franz Kline Painting
United States
Painting, Ink on Paper
Size: 21 W x 29 H x 0.1 D in
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About The Artwork
A collage of 16 individual ink drawings after Franz Kline. Each individual drawing is my response to one of Franz Kline much larger paintings. The individual drawing are about 7x5 inches whereas the originals that inspired them can be as large as 92x68 inches. The drawings were produced over a period of several days and are displayed in the order of production: from top left to bottom right. I was fascinated by several images of grids of small colour paintings I came across while browsing an online image library. Although I have never given much consideration or study to Franz Kline’s body of work, the idea of a grid of small images after Kline’s very large work appealed to me. In this case, the whole is truly greater than the sum of its parts. Artists often speak of a place where the eye can rest. There is no such place in the composition. Each small drawing is unique to itself and when standing close in front of this collage, the viewer’s eye is compelled to move from each drawing to the next. It is a mesmerising experience to stand a few feet away from it for viewing. The drawings are rendered in alcohol based ink on 200# Saunders-Waterford C.P. watercolour paper. This is the superior quality watercolour paper made by St Cuthberts Mill and comes with the Royal Watercolour Society’s endorsement. It is m ade using 100% cotton, the highest quality paper making material, to high archival standards. The edges of the individual drawings are rough and are torn from a larger sheet of watercolour paper using a straight edge. The drawings are pasted to another sheet of 200# Saunders-Waterford Rough bright white paper using matt acrylic medium. This sheet has two natural dechel edges and two machine produced edges. Saunders-Waterford has always been my goto paper. I’ve tried most other brands and with the exception of a couple of handmade papers, I find S-W superior to all others. The collage is unframed and unmatted. The overall size of this collage is 30x22 inches, with a ½ all around border (not shown) to allow for matting and framing. The actual displayed area measures 29x21 inches. My signature, a small cartouche, can be found near the bottom right of the collage between #15 and #16. Also the collage is signed and dated on the back and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Larger works, including this genre, up to 56x100 inches available on commission.
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Ink on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:21 W x 29 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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I am a self-taught artist-painter located in Plymouth, Michigan, born in Oakland, California. I have lived and worked in the U.S.A., Canada, The United Kingdom, Germany, and Singapore. I’m a self taught painter as are all painters. You must put in the hours at the easel. The only path for a painter is to paint. You are not wasting paint or ruining canvas/paper. It’s only through your own mistakes that you learn to become a painter. How do I start a painting? Something catches my eye; a shadow, a shape, some type of contrast. I see something that is not there, or more than what is there, or different from what is there. This impression will sometimes result in a verbal phrase, a few words. It’s not a title but perhaps an emotion, or a feeling, or a response to what I see. These are the seeds of a new painting. The best of a half a dozen Notan sketches establishes the armature/feng shui, main abstract shapes, value plan and division of space. I can proceed directly to painting unless there is a man made object that requires a detailed drawing. I paint landscapes. Some are impressionistic and others are more abstract. Watercolour is my favorite medium. As with any medium, there are limitations which lead me to add ink, gouache, and acrylic. I will sometimes add accents with conté or oil pastels. For the past 5 years or so, I have focused on painting a series with a single subject. I find these constraints stimulates my creative vision. The southern California beach scene is what I have chosen for my newest series. I work from photographs. They provide an idea about the dream or the reality of SoCal. My imagination takes over and I try to express my feelings about the scene my artists eye sees.
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