texturistic facial..

up close and personal with it..reckon it would look coolys if it was the size of a wall so that when you look at it, you get lost in it.

Response:
The process in creating this painting was, shall we say, experimental. I started by making a frame in the workshops, then I shredded a curtain and stretched the strips of fabric across the frame. The result was a bandaged/ball of string/layered looking canvas. I then painted the surface with gesso to seal any gaps. I spent the next day or two trying to find an image to paint on it though. Took ages because I could do so much with the canvas and wanted to use it as best possible. Eventually I found an image of a face painted with technicolor sqiggles and decided to paint it on. I also found a painting done by Evelyn Williams called 'the dark' and really loved the style in which she had painted it. She placed the paint really thickly on her canvas, so it made you want to touch it. That was the feeling I wanted in my own work so I kind of borrowed her style??? I used oil paints to create a thick, textured feel. My idea was more focused on trying to bring out the texture in the canvas than painting an actual image. I mean sure the image was important, but I really love texture and wanted to experiment with it. I guess the painting convention is both figurative because of the face and abstract because of the lines of the fabric..
peace
xo
K