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Using masking fluid I quickly write in a few abstract type graffiti lines. Using watercolor I mixed together alizarin crimson, yellow ochre and indigo to get the first layer of grey. Using a Chinese calligraphy brush I used this mixture for the first layer, continuing with the graffiti type gestures. I like to work fast to get in these initial strokes. I feel painting today must be about the application of the paint. I like to be very aggressive with my strokes. Then I added a layer of only yellow ochre followed by a layer of a cyan type blue. Then I added the ink to give it more depth and contrast. Then I started with the acrylic transparent white, this time using a squeezy bottle to write out some calligraphy, scraping away the grid lines representing my order, streets and buildings. Using a brush I mixed it up a bit, scraping away again the grid lines and adding a final few lines of white acrylic from the squeezy bottle representing the graffiti. This work is on high quality Langston prestige watercolor paper. 300gram, 100% cotton. I chose to leave the masking tape because I like the rawness of the outter edges. This painting would look better framed.
Print:Giclee on Canvas
Size:12 W x 16 H x 1.25 D in
Size with Frame:13.75 W x 17.75 H x 1.25 D in
Frame:White
Canvas Wrap:Black Canvas
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BIOGRAPHY: Joyce was born in Ontario Canada and presently resides in Rome Italy. She attended a high school for the visual arts in Ottawa and then the Ontario College of Art and Design, and York University in Toronto. For the last twenty five years she has taught International Baccalaureate studio art at the American Overseas School of Rome. Retiring in September 2019, she now works full time in her studio in Rome Italy. ARTIST STATEMENT : The City Deconstructed: Finally, after years of concentrating on the walking figure in the urban environment, I have evolved to abstract expressionism. The early paintings were of Toronto skylines, where I grew up, and Rome, where I have lived for the past thirty years. Previously my work reflected life with in the city, particularly contemplating the piazza and the streets. Buildings became imaginary, constructed from masking tape, to create the grid work. The walking contemporary figures, I found in magazines and newspapers. Finally, as the figure became less important, I started to concentrate on the background...an imaginary minute section of the environment. Confusion, noise, traffic, buildings, graffiti, and the chaotic atmosphere of the urban city are my inspiration. Jackson Pollock and the action painters and Mark Rothko of the color field painters of the 1950’s are at the base of my work. All works are in oil paint or watercolor. I worked intensely with watercolor for years and it is evident in the way I use oil paint. I like transparency, and to leave evidence of each layer or day's work, either by masking or leaving areas and not painting over them, thus creating the illusion of depth. The actual physical work is about showing depth through building layers of transparent paint, and aggressive movement of brushwork. The first layers, the chaos of the city, is the action painting. The color field painting is what goes on top of the action painting representing the order of the city.
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