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Addressing reverse oil on glass medium: The
reverse glass process started for me when attending a painting course at
Northern Arizona University . I reserved little money for supplies and
had decided to use an old window for a canvas due for a project. In the
process of working on the piece, I became intrigued with the unique
properties of the paint as seen through the glass, although I hadn’t
originally intended to work backward I continued to experiment with the
process and it slowly evolved. Through inquisitive research on the
subject I later became aware that process began in the last Chinese
dynasties decorating crafted pill boxes and vases. Later the process had
been widely used as a
layman's approach to a sort of ‘paint by numbers’ learning
technique. The Germans names it ‘Hinterglass Malerie’ during the
1800’s when aristocracy and peasants overlaid the glass on another
piece of artwork and simply copied the painting beneath. A few years ago
2 clients of mine revealed to me that they had an extensive collection
of reverse glass paintings. I was invited to see. Many of the pieces
were colonial from early Americas France and England. At the end of
their collection, they had hung one of mine.
Addressing
the imagery: In
1998, I spent some time abroad touring Germany, Austria and Italy,
notably Venice. After returning stateside my work began to proliferate
exponentially with the imagery and ideas that came from the journal I
had carried at my side on the trip. The imagery ended up on the surfaces
of paintings on glass and panel. It wasn’t until a few years ago when
I had created some time to work on a more serious and elegant
delineation of the whimsical and humorous subject in the work. I
investigated the process of venezian plaster and scriffito to capture
the essence and context of the imagery I had been using. This new
process provided a setting for how I believe the work could really be
viewed as if though plucked from the canals of Venice or streets of
Salzburg hopefully inviting the audience to travel with. |
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