That Other Thing

by Barry Hammond

Mixed media on canvas

20 cm x 20 cm x 4 cm

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Meaning and visual impact:

This is a colour field work in the spirit of Rothko. The difference is that I have made the colour fields as three dimensional images. The colour fields have not just colour textures but tactile textures as well. A small work but with a lot of visual impact. The contrast between the flat black background and the colour fields really makes the subltle colours stand out from the canvas.

Technical aspects:

The canvas has a flat black background and the colour fields were built up with my proprietary modelling concoction consisting of glue, gels, acrylic paint and fine sand. The material is manipulated and sculpted in both the wet and dry stages to reach the final form. The material once dry is then primed and the final stage is the application of oil paints in multiple layers.