The previous painting may have found a partner in diptych-land here.
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Diptych, Possibly
Posted in abstraction, Achievement, Color, Composition, Technique and Demo, tagged diptych, Jan Fleckman on March 5, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Painting with Gauze
Posted in abstraction, Achievement, Collage, Color, Composition, Technique and Demo, Texture, tagged fabric, gauze, Jan Fleckman, large brush, watercolor paper on March 5, 2017| Leave a Comment »
This acrylic painting is on 300 lb water color paper, which is heavier than chipboard and has uneven edges, because it’s handmade. Using acrylic paint the artist attached gauze and later a white coarse weave that got semi-cancelled by an insistent black brush stroke. The composition consists of rectilinear shapes boldly applied with a large brush. The gauze, which becomes visible only close up, adds not only a surprising texture but also an unexpected contrapuntal delicacy to this otherwise sturdy composition.
Jan Fleckman, acrylic on paper, ~30” x 24”
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Through a Gauze Darkly
Posted in abstraction, Achievement, Color, Composition, Left-Right, Technique and Demo, tagged gauze, Jan Fleckman, primary colors on November 2, 2016| Leave a Comment »
When we put it up on our Is-It-Finished? stand, many in the class gasped.
This is a large painting, 48” x 36”. The primary colors, red, yellow and blue, are allowed to drip and splash, creating a sense of depth, particularly in the red. In the right half of the painting, there are patches of gauze. Paint was dragged over them, adding to the illusion of depth. The white edges of the gauze, only intermittently seen, are delicate and mysterious.
On the right, the yellow sweeps upward and threatens to dominate the whole painting, but it is subdued by the fine lines of the threads which rise and then fall loosely over the yellow.
This painting is an example why modern art has to be experienced in the original.
Interestingly, the left-right flip doesn’t work. Does it?
Painting by Jan Fleckman, 48”x36”, acrylic on canvas.
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Right from the Start
Posted in abstraction, Achievement, Color, Composition, inspiration, Technique and Demo, tagged abstract painting, Jan Fleckman, painting on October 14, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes a painting reads well right from the start.
At left is a painting in its very first conception. At right, the second stage.
You can’t count on this, but it happens. Here is the finished work.
Jan Fleckman, acrylic on canvas, 40” x 30”
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