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United Kingdom
Painting, Oil on Wood
Size: 14 W x 14 H x 0.8 D in
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Crowd is a circular piece. I found a local source of circular panels and felt challenged to make some work with them. While not unheard of, the circle is an unusual form, and my challenge was how to make this shape work. How, mechanically, could it be hung? I answered the second question first, by gluing strips of wood to the back of the panel. The picture is taken from my imagination, applying and removing paint until I had something that appealed to my eye. The materials I used to make the image were oil on casein and board (MDF). The work is protected with a dammar varnish. Why casein, and what is it? I was at the time working in collaboration with a food scientist whose PhD research was in milk proteins, especially casein. We discussed the possibility of using milk to make art. Casein is the main protein found in milk. It is sensitive to pH levels, solidifying in acids and liquefying in alkalis. The process for extracting it can be time consuming; a mild acid (vinegar or lemon juice) is used to separate the milk into curds (soft cheese) and whey. Discarding the liquid whey, the solid curd is dried. To liquefy the dried curd, a very small quantity of alkali is added slowly and carefully. Once liquid, the casein may be ground into pigment. Casein has also been used as a glue and as a binder for a very long time; the ancient Egyptians used it for both purposes. In more recent years it has been used to glue the wings of aeroplanes (notably, the de Havilland Mosquito) and, as a paint, by Andy Warhol.
Painting:Oil on Wood
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:14 W x 14 H x 0.8 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Ships From:United Kingdom.
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United Kingdom
My work explores the world that I see, the things, objects, and people in that world. The newest pieces blend my landscapes together with my early interest in the human figure. I’ve always sought to emulate nature, not to reproduce it as a camera would, but to understand the how and what of the image in front of me. I believe Thurber was correct when he suggested that the noblest study of mankind is Man (the species, not the gender). The closest a painter may come to this study is surely the human being. Where people are not available to the artist, then the landscapes that formed them must stand as model.
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