Trying to find an artist who uses massive globs of paint
September 12, 2017 12:26 PM Subscribe
A few years ago, I saw and adored paintings by an artist who used massive globs of paint in their city street scenes - each piece had chunks of paint, visibly protruding from the canvas, to disrupt the observer's vision in the way that snow or rain does. Who was it?
I saw a number of this artist's paintings at the Toronto International Art Fair circa 2010-2012, but regrettably never wrote down the artist's name.
I specifically remember the winter scenes: the paintings were of conventional urban scenes in the winter, but with gigantic globs of white paint that gave a really convincing imitation of walking the street with snow in your eyes. I'm also fairly certain there were similar paintings with gray, colour-streaked smears to simulate walking city streets in the rain. I don't know enough art language to describe it properly, but it was a kind of very personal trompe l'oeil.
Does anyone know the artist?
I saw a number of this artist's paintings at the Toronto International Art Fair circa 2010-2012, but regrettably never wrote down the artist's name.
I specifically remember the winter scenes: the paintings were of conventional urban scenes in the winter, but with gigantic globs of white paint that gave a really convincing imitation of walking the street with snow in your eyes. I'm also fairly certain there were similar paintings with gray, colour-streaked smears to simulate walking city streets in the rain. I don't know enough art language to describe it properly, but it was a kind of very personal trompe l'oeil.
Does anyone know the artist?
Response by poster: No, these were contemporary cityscape paintings - Ben Aronson, Paul Kenton, that kind of thing - with the addition of the visual disruption from the globs of paint.
posted by ZaphodB at 1:16 PM on September 12, 2017
posted by ZaphodB at 1:16 PM on September 12, 2017
Response by poster: Unfortunately, it's neither of those artists. This one is the closest to the overall effect - but when I say globs of paint, I mean chunks of paint an inch in diameter sticking half an inch out from the canvas, with a few smaller ones for the "distant" snowflakes.
posted by ZaphodB at 2:14 PM on September 12, 2017
posted by ZaphodB at 2:14 PM on September 12, 2017
The term for very thick paint is 'impasto'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impasto
posted by splicer at 5:02 PM on September 12, 2017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impasto
posted by splicer at 5:02 PM on September 12, 2017
James Keirstead uses a lot of chunks of paint, but does not do many cityscapes.
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 7:11 PM on September 13, 2017
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 7:11 PM on September 13, 2017
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