Undercover Painter

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Sabine Tress

Dresscode 2010

acrylic and spraypaint on canvas

60x60cm

Gunx 2010

acrylic on canvas

80x100cm

Whenever I see new work by Sabine Tress I feel like a kid in a lolly shop. I swoop on it, devour it and feel totally satisfied from the experience. Sabine is a painter who continues to surprise me. She has an ability to approach paint with the skills of an inventor - continuously exploring, playing and experimenting with colours and applications. I'm loving the continued investigation of a raw graffiti style, evidenced by the gutsy use of spraypaint. See her new website here.

Anthony White

Fugitive

50 x 50cm

oil on linen

2010

A show of Anthony White's will be held in 2011, which I'm looking forward to. I've posted about Anthony's work before purely and simply because I love his obvious passion for paint. He will be taking up a residency at The Leipzig International Art Programme. Lucky him! I can't wait to see what he produces.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Anne Smart

Anne Smart
Those Greens, 2001-6
various media, 127 x 204 cm

image from: Poussin Gallery

Beautiful abstracts. Thanks to APE for the link.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Ken Kewley On Colour

Ken Kewley

Pink Abstraction, 2003
3 7/8 x 3 3/4 inches

Here is an article that reminds me of the reasons to paint. Ken Kewley - writings on colour. Thanks to Painting Perceptions for posting this one and MW Capacity for drawing my attention to it. (ETA: Here is an updated version)

Here are a few gems from the article:

Put down the one color that excites you the most, then the next, relating it to the first. This is the relationship that excites you the most. Then the third color, relating it always to the whole. You are emphasizing what interest you and minimizing other things by putting them in the service of your true passion and leaving out altogether what distracts. Keep it simple.

In painting you never do what you set out to do. Something else happens. If it always turns out right you are probably doing something wrong.

Do not try to make a picture of something. Make something.

I'm awake now!