Painting Technique
For many years
For many years, I’ve been experimenting to find a technique that suits my expression. Among other things, I use historical pigments, interference colors, metals and metal dust. I leave samples in the sun window for years to see if they hold up technically. If it holds up, I move on.
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I use gold, white, red and green gold, smoked silver, silver, brass, copper, aluminum, tin, platinum and palladium.
I often oxidize the metals to add color and substance, and to allow the layer underneath to show when the metals are slowly removed.
I use interference color above and below the metals where appropriate. The colors change depending on the angle at which you see the work. Changing from red to green, purple to yellow-green etc. Some of these effects are difficult to show in still digital images. I always try to create a weightless state more akin to watercolors, but material. To achieve what I want I have to create “air” “breath” between the layers, or a “sound”.
I’ve traveled to learn, be in other settings, including New York, the Southwest, the Four Corners, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Berlin, Japan, China, and have sought out expressive, untouched nature, especially in Northern Norway.
