Expanding Horizons

An unusual creation

This is a square modern art painting comprised of a series of predominantly orange and yellow lines of paint. Added to this are hints of magenta, gold, white and black.

I absolutely love doing these kind of paintings. Lines are very appealing to me; they span horizons, define boundaries and define spaces. Yet, with all the precision they possess they have a much softer side too. These are the things I like to explore in painting like Expanding Horizons.

I am fascinated by blending techniques and letting shapes emerge as paint gets applied on top of more paint and so on. This particular painting was created using my three axis pan/tilt/spin table and is a genius piece of kit. It allows me to turn a flat canvas across a horizontal and vertical axis as well as spinning it at the same time.

You can see the creation process in its entirety by watching the video of how it was made.

The force of gravity

Modern paintings such as this require thought and planning beforehand. As is the case with so many of my original artworks though, there is always an element of chance thrown in. This will always be the case where anything liquid is involved – especially considering the techniques I use. In this instance it is the use of gravity that is the wild card.

As you’ll see in the video link above, the paint takes on a very organic nature when it’s allowed to act under the effects of gravity. If you’re expecting straight lines, as you may think, you’ll be very surprised to know that that seldom happens. And each time i do this it changes again. That’s one of the great things about this series of techniques – it is always different and always evolving.