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"Awash" Painting

Mark S Thomas

United States

Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Size: 13 W x 13 H x 0.8 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

“Come a Little Closer” is a small works series in which I focus on exploring color, accidental composition and the manipulation of the opaque and transparent properties of various pigments. I’m fascinated by how opaque color, applied in thin uneven layers can simultaneously obscure and reveal, and the way in which transparent color, thinly layered over existing color, can create subtle shifts in perceptions of the surrounding color. In this series I’ve chosen to use palette knives to apply my colors and employ a technical concept observed in the abstract work of artist like Gerhard Richter and American painter Michael Kessler, whereby color/paint is dragged by various means over a textured surface, allowing the paint to pool in the lower recesses of the surface and conversely scrape away paint from the upper peaks and ridges. It is a process in which the previous textured layers of paint affect or even dictate the behavior of the proceeding layers.The layering process creates subtle to complex gradation and sometimes, when you look a little closer, accidental imagery is revealed through the multiple layers of pattern and color. Original abstract painting on heavy, 100% cotton, lithographers paper. The paper has been gesso primed, back and front for best paint adhesion and archival considerations. Dominant colors are, pale blues orange and payne's grey. Custom frame features solid wood construction, plexiglass glazing and a satin black finish. Pre-assembled hanging hardware included.

DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
Painting:

Acrylic on Paper

Original:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

13 W x 13 H x 0.8 D in

SHIPPING AND RETURNS
Delivery Time:

Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.

I am a contemporary abstract painter with an extensive background in commercial design. I work out of my Oakland, California studio where I create acrylic and mixed media works on canvas, paper or wood panel. I enjoy working in a variety of formats, including drawing, painting and painted collage. My work is primarily driven by my love of color and abstract organic texture. I’m endlessly intrigued while observing color relationships and the ways in which color can effect ones mood and well-being. I like to allow the paint and random pattern to prompt and propel me throughout the compositional development of my work, intermingling chance and deliberate mark-making sporadically throughout the process, while using landscapes, seascapes and environmental concerns as inspiration and as a central theme.

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