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