“Breaking Through”
(Acrylic)
Size: 122x92cm
THE IDEA BEHIND THE PAINTING:
This painting was done with the early
acrylics when all that was available was flat colour. These days the new acrylics are more like oil
paints and offer transparency, different consistencies and slower drying
time. Paints now come in three different
types of pigment: transparent, opaque and staining. Transparent colours are used for glazing,
which give a transparent tinge to the colour which is underneath. Opaque colours are solid and do not have the
same effect. To make opaque colours sing
one has to mix the paints thoroughly and have a keen knowledge of how to achieve
certain colours. This comes with
experience. The paint was applied with
brushes and pallet knife. The painting
was done on canvas stretched over ply board.
The painting depicts the point of
resolution at which a personal problem was solved. One can see the uncertainty and lack of
direction something like a fog with a clear and decisive solution suddenly
slicing through the indecision.
Art Techniques used to achieve this:
The colours are mixed from
the three primary colours: red/blue/yellow together with white. Mixing colours, instead of using colour
straight out of the tube, always gives a better effect in my opinion. Also there is something very satisfying
about mixing colours – it is as important to me as applying the colour to the
painting.
The composition is balanced
and the paint is moderately textured.
The texture adds to the drama of the composition.
The contrast between the
light colours and the strong red/blue provides the drama and also the point of
focus on what is a flat surface without perspective.
Is that drama evident to you
the viewer?
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