Untitled (code 1568), series Monochromonito Painting

Painting: Acrylic on polyester canvas ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This painting is inspired on the vivid and glowing screen color blue, the range of associations of a monochrome blue with nature, and the contemporary possibilities to touch and swipe screens. The split screen, known before as a cinematographic technique, is now common through swiping through maps of images. The white edges of the canvas refer to the classical 'painting as a window' and creates a small illusion of depth. It appears as a macro photo of painterly gestures. The challenge of time - the association of the color - highlighting the encounter of me and the material & the painting as an object which also frames an illusion of depth. It is painted by hand and refers to the photographic and cinematographic world. As an action researcher I reflect on the process of painting and its brush strokes. And how to stretch the defining result. Acrylic is a waterbased paint and quick drying, I use it in thin layers with the painting lying flat on a table. I prefer acrylic paint for its one-go character: to catch the moment and distort a smooth field of paint with brush markings, resulting in 2 painted moments in time that can be viewed as one frozen moment.