Friday, February 17, 2012

studies

        

 

Don’t pay any attention to the first two.

The third one is just black gesso but I’d like to explore further the open paper through the brushwork. There is a name for this in sumie, which I’ve forgotten. I love it and there is something very magical about it. It is both the record of a moment in time AND a result of something which was not wholly in the artist’s control. So it’s like a record of a chance moment  – while also being very evocative of physical things in the world (light, mist, etc.) What are the correct terms for it??

 

Alice Anne Ellis

 

2 Comments:

Blogger buchananmt said...

I have an image of a black piece made by an old friend. If this interests you I bet you will like her print.

February 18, 2012 at 7:51 AM  
Anonymous AO said...

It might be interesting to see what would happen if you tore or scratched the landscape forms into the black print...

February 18, 2012 at 8:08 AM  

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