THE INSPIRATION: Life Beyond Vision: PART II
Artist: You're right, this series (there are 4 pieces in the series) is acrylic on pressed board ceiling tiles. I literally walked into a hardware store and saw these stacked up against the wall and bought four of them on the spot. I chose this material because it's very porous and also very light. The porous nature of the pressed board allows the colors to absorb more completely then canvas, giving it a more saturated feel. In addition, the acrylic dries even more quickly on this surface, making it very easy to layer colors on top of colors but still retain the base color because there's no mixing.
CAA: Very interesting effect, what else is going on here?
Artist: Well, the raised elements are made of crushed tissue paper, and I've painted imagery on top. This series is called "Water Music" and when I lived in Haiti with my family I was struck by the almost musical feel of the underwater world. The ocean was very clear and most of the time very calm, and so while on the surface you saw this unbroken plane of blue, beyond the vision of what was immediately obvious was this world of musical color. Or at least that's what I perceived. So the undulating shapes that I formed out of tissue paper represent the myriad of shapes found in this very special place.
CAA: Very interesting effect, what else is going on here?
Artist: Well, the raised elements are made of crushed tissue paper, and I've painted imagery on top. This series is called "Water Music" and when I lived in Haiti with my family I was struck by the almost musical feel of the underwater world. The ocean was very clear and most of the time very calm, and so while on the surface you saw this unbroken plane of blue, beyond the vision of what was immediately obvious was this world of musical color. Or at least that's what I perceived. So the undulating shapes that I formed out of tissue paper represent the myriad of shapes found in this very special place.
Artist: This Water Music Series is all about seeing beyond the vision of what's obvious, it's about penetrating beyond what appears to be. In this case there's a virtual world of sound that is personified by color, so as I painted this series, I was literally imagining music coming to life, with each color representing a different sound or resonance. I had a lot of fun painting this series because it gave me a chance to translate if you will, the musical feeling that I was sensing into a rich color palate.
CAA: It's always interesting to understand better the motivation for the aesthetic.
