Ideas to Form VI - 'to be, or not to be. 'Experimentation' - painting on perspex

Red acrylic, green spray paint behind

The decision to paint on perspex has come from wanting to experiment with paint effects on different surfaces. The objective for me is playing with colour and light. By using the transparency of perspex I can play with layering the colours and also vary thickness of paint which allows light to permeate the colours in different intensities giving an amazingly spontaneous, interesting and sometimes quirky effect.







Its been huge fun experimenting and fundimentally playing with mark making. Varying sized brushes with different thickness of paint. Sgraffitto with the end of my brush, adding acyilic medium to thin the paint so I can do drips and dob paint on. Flicking white spirit onto the paint disperses the it leaving room to overpaint in a different colour making the imagery more dynamic. 

 

Im loving the spray paint and its effect on wet acrylic - crackling the surfaces  - the technique of effectively painting backwards on a surface is fab, the painted side of the perspex in theory is the back of the artwork if its to be hung on the wall - alternatively what I find interesting is being able to see the work from both sides, they are both standalone art works.


This work forms the basis of my research for the upcoming 'Movement' exhibition at Centrespace Gallery in Bristol. 
Time is running short so time to get on with the show piece!!!