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The process
With the change of millennium, I determined that a new attitude toward fine art was in store. The sensation of the Internet profoundly influenced my worldview in the late 90’s. Up to that moment, I felt frustrated, trying to evolve a unique expression through the painted canvas. It seemed that I just couldn’t escape the gravity of 20th century masters in painting and sculpture. In my opinion, every work that I created had a strong reference to previous artists and movements. I soon concluded that there was nothing original to create. It has always been there from the beginning of time. Stripes, dots, patterns, plant, human and animal, forms; always existed, longer than we care to admit. Artistic sensibility and expression is what makes the difference.
For example, Picasso clearly understood this. He felt completely liberated to take whatever he could find of artistic use. What he didn't have in his own vocabulary, he "stole from others", as in his words. Does that make him any less of an artist? This attitude eventually evolved into exciting new movements of art that greatly influenced the following 100 years. Curiously enough, outside of a light bulb that appears in Guernica, and possible other fleeting references to his epoch, his subject matter remains predominantly antiquated. The style, however, was what was fresh and profound.
As the photo camera had a grand influence on all major art movements toward the end of the 19th century, I feel the computer is to have a strong impact in the same manner for our time.
How do we combine computer imagery on screen to the painted canvas? Yes, there is collage, silkscreen, and other elaborate methods of transferring imagery. Most methods are either limiting and or costly. I envision computer imagery being directly integrated with the painted surface in complete harmony. Surely, this would give a whole new look and feel to the painted surface. Over the last five years, I have dedicated time to developing a viable process, which can be employed by the average working artist.
A brief overview of my last five years.
1999 - I used the Internet for the first time as well as learning imaging programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.
2000 - I experimented with t-shirt transfer paper to place computer print outs on painted surfaces.
2001 - I continue using t-shirt transfers to create more elaborate works. The overall surface has a “filmy” quality that is not very paint able, using acrylics. Large paintings prove to be costly to produce.
2002 - I search and test other materials and processes that may prove to be more suitable.
2003 - I begin using vegetable paper, which lowers costs considerably. The surface is very paint able but prone to wrinkling. Nevertheless, the results are encouraging as well as successful.
2004 - I develop a printable transfer sheet of latex concentrate that eliminates the need to use vegetable paper. The paint and the imagery are successfully integrated on a highly paint able surface. Unlike using the vegetable paper technique, the under painting is fully visible.
I realize that my use of this technique is my personal expression and not necessarily the best example. I only attempt to present a viable alternative to painting and fine art.
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