TWO PAINTINGS

Of the two new paintings completed, this first one, titled “Slipstream”, was longest in process, though both of them were challenging. Both are 36 x 24 inches. “Slipstream” has a deeper stretcher than the second, as yet untitled painting.

Both are acrylic on canvas.

SLIPSTREAM 2023 acrylic on canvas 36 x 24 inches

This second painting had a slightly more unusual beginning. I used a first layer of Golden Absorbent ground which generally mimics the effect of watercolor paper. This changes the way the fluid acrylic reacts on the canvas, especially when additional water is sprayed to disperse the color. However, this also causes the paint to “sink” into the surface. The result is sometimes a kind of transparency of color which may or may not be desired. So in some areas more than usual applications of paint become necessary to achieve opacity.