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May 06, 2005
honest painting
I want the paint to be paint. I don’t want to pretend it isn’t. The picture is a trick [a three dimensional object on a two dimensional surface] but I want you to know it’s a trick, and see how it’s done to a certain extent.
I want the brushstroke to be seen, and seen as a positive gesture. I don’t go for blending. I don’t want to fade in and out of the form, like the ending of some crap pop record just fades out because they can't think of an ending.
I want the effect of the paint to produce an almost incidental likeness. A chance effect that creates some similarity to the subject. I want the picture to have both the power of the paint and the coincidence of a distinct similarity to life.
So you can see this:
Then look closer and find that it’s made up of these:
Which by themselves don’t make sense, or at least aren’t immediately obvious.
Answers, as to which part of the painting the above details are from, on a postcard please to: john@johncoombes.com
Posted by john at May 6, 2005 01:43 PM
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