Field Painting

Carlos Olavarrieta is an oil painter working on canvas. He graduate from the University of Guelph with a focus on Fine Art and is currently a member of the Akin collective in Toronto. His paintings are determined by discovering an unknown image. The result is that the finished paintings are a manifestation of playfully painting. Carlos does not want the process to feel like work, and believes that overworking the painting can close the initial creative energy. Discovering an unknown image is achieved by approaching the blank canvas with no previous sketches or ideas in mind. Out of the resulting chaos, shapes and colour command space, and are brought into focus with minimal painting. As a result, the paintings present new images with an unpolished quality. Thus, the paintings are creative play revealed as an image.