Flux (2017) Peinture par Kristopher Lionel

'Flux' is part of a grouping of works titled 'Dots and Ethereal Structures'.

'Dots and Ethereal Structures' are related works in which I approached painting as sculpture. In painting, it's conventionally accepted that paint is applied directly to the surface of a work. As a sculptor, with a sculptor's a point of view, I was interested in taking a different tack. I decided to apply paint not just to the surface of the work, but also to physically place/float color and shape in front of the surface; I achieved this by insetting pigmented epoxy into heavy clear-coats of catalyzed epoxy finish.

Color, atmospheric effect, perspective, and material use, were employed throughout this series to find visual tensions that are created when that which is physically real and tangible is juxtaposed with the imaginary, and illusory. The pieces from 'Dots and Ethereal Structures' are about how space and depth (both real and fictitious), as well as visual movement and energy (achieved through color and perspective), combine to create expressive works.

To create visual vibrations, saturated colors were placed on and in front of colors that are, or approach, their compliments. These seemingly “vibrating” colors, where the edges of two directly adjacent colors appear to merge, blur and glow, giving the illusion of motion, is a phenomena that occurs with the use of bold and highly saturated color schemes (especially when the colors are compliments).

Dots and perspective line drawings were set into clear epoxy coats where they float in front of atmospheric fields of color to create the illusion of space, of three-dimensional structures suspended in air. A close look will reveal that these dots and drawings cast actual, real shadows onto the surfaces behind them.

The works from 'Dots and Ethereal Structures' were informed by Abstract Expressionism. The pieces in this grouping are not rooted in, nor do they mirror, translate, or represent, objective reality. Free from objective subject, color, line, atmosphere, perspective and material were used for aesthetic reasons, to create visually compelling, evocative artworks.

*Please Note:

'Flux' features a tiger maple (also know as curly maple) boarder that served to create a reservoir into which catalyzed epoxy resin, clear finish was poured. In this process, the resin captured the "frame" making it a permanently integrated/joined, part of the work that can not be removed. The piece arrives ready to hang.

Thèmes connexes

AbstractAbstract ArtAbstract ExpressionismAbstract PaintingGeometric Painting