Splat One

Splat One by *buchanc3 on deviantART

genre: abstract

size: 12" x 12"

medium: acrylic and lacquer on canvas

date: May 28, 2009

influences: Jackson Pollock and De Stijl

technique:

I did this painting in an odd fashion, there could have been some much easier routes but I guess they all failed my mind during the process. I began with taping strips where I did not want the paint to be a visible splatter, these areas would end up bleeding under the tape. Then I splattered. Then I painted black areas with black nail polish. More splatters.

theme and reasoning: I wanted to explore negative space in splatters. Thus far I have not intentionally played with negative space

in an abstract form.

concept: As the subject here is exploring the use of positive and negative space, this is also

the concept. I wanted to see first hand the effects and the difference between a splatter on white and that same hue on black. Each play differently with other hues depending on what color surface they are on. I am normally drawn to black, though most of my paintings don't show it, and here really displays why. Each splatter is more noticeable and apparent when accompanied with such a dark value. Splash One could use more warm hues but those that are there seem to recede because of overlapping where they would normally jump forward. This painting is an experiment and has inspired later paintings.

Splat One has recieved a critique: http://readytofire.deviantart.com/critique/181720523

Splash Two and Splash Three

Splash Two by *buchanc3 on deviantART


Splash Three by *buchanc3 on deviantART

genre: abstract
size: 10” x 10”
medium: oil, acrylic, and candle wax on canvas
date: May 11, 2009

influences: Jackson Pollock and previous studies.

technique: This area is the most important with these two splash paintings. I began with the usual in my experimental, first a big splash of white oil paint; this time I covered most of the canvas in this base. Various hues were dripped and squirted. The addition of candle wax while the paint was wet is what created the most texture.

theme and reasoning: I felt the need to find a way to get more texture. When I heated the wax and dripped it on I found instant gratification. The texture achieved was much more than what I had expected and really bring depth to the piece.

concept: The concept of reaching further for something more is what inspired these two paintings. With Splash One I learned to create texture but I was not quite satisfied. These two paintings I did next to each other for a certain feel. Splash Two is composed of cool hues that tend to recede but the there is a warm opaque element in a few areas that lead this painting into Splash Three. In Splash Three the hues are all warm. They have an ability of coming forward even through the stark white. I was able to create a focal point with other colors besides white through the use of texture. Your eye is stalled in each area because of the amount of texture. When you have figured out that space white lines direct you to the next giving the viewer another area to evaluate that is similarly different than the last.

Splash One

genre: abstract
size: 30" x 24"
medium: oil and acrylic on canvas
date: May 10, 2009

influences: Jackson Pollock

technique: With Splash One I layed the canvas down and began to splash the paint on. I began with the white oil as a branching point and from there worked in color. I thinned the acrylics with water so they would be more tossable and threw them from one general area.

theme and reasoning: During this time I wanted to learn ways of creating texture and here I am again doing it through medium. It is a big experiment that has not ended yet. This is my first painting where I used this method of applying paint in a splashing fashion.

concept: The only concept is through aesthetics. Like many of my other experimental works, Splash One is a play on medium and color. Compositionally it could be shifted. I also would have like to see some warmer colors in the mix to really define a focal point. I would have also like to see a better use of the oil blob. If I would have thrown more paint into this area I would have seen a better turnout of texture. I learned things like this from doing this painting which makes it a complete success as learning is what I care about.

Series Five.1

Series Five.1 by *buchanc3 on deviantART

genre: abstract
size: 10" x 10"
medium: acrylic and oil on canvas
date: May 10, 2009

influences: Jackson Pollock

technique: I began with taking many long length strands of yarn dipped in white oil paint. I spread watered down red paint with a noodle strainer.

theme and reasoning: Series Five is a continuation of my experiments in mediums. I have felt it important to continue these small experiments to get a good feel of the interactions in paint.

concept: As the red acrylic does not mix with the white oil it forms in the spaces to create shapes that would otherwise be impossible to make. There are three planes here while only using two hues. The receding plane comes from raw canvas, the middle is also white but stands apart from the canvas, and the red represents the foreground. The two whites are the same in value but contrast because of the texture the oil paint creates.

My plan for Series Five is to gradually progress through the color scheme through many canvases.

**SOLD** Series Five.1 has been sold to Stacie Snoddon of Ontario

Naive

Naive by *buchanc3 on deviantART

genre: abstract
size: 10" x 10"
medium: lacquer and charcoal on canvas
date: May 10, 2009

influences: my peers

technique: Here, I made individual drops with various paints; nail polish and model paints. After I got the paint down I drew the ear with a charcoal pencil.

theme and reasoning: The main reason for doing this piece, like many other paintings, is to convey a message. I've noticed my peers getting lost in the world. Naive is very much related to Secondary Education. I've been seeing a pattern and noticed it most when elections were approaching. Our minds seem to not think for ourselves.

concept: I am most disgusted when people are not able to think for themselves. I have noticed many people hearing a random blurb on the news, not knowing the context or any other facts, and jumping to conclusions. People forming opinions on one single sentence that may or may not hold truth. They don't care if their knowledge of a subject is completely out of touch, they still voice it. It is people who can not form an opinion of their own and just go with the flow. These people are everywhere and are those who are able to vote, to make real decisions. It is something that should be addressed with our young people before they grow up to carry on the same mindlessness their parents do.

Naive hangs on the wall, waiting for a home..