First Position
I began this project by studying ‘Abstract Painting (726)’, by Gerhard Richter, which was created by painting four vertical coloured bands, and after this had dried applying thick grey paint and scraping this across to make the painting seem duller. I thought that this gives the painting a sense of depth, which I wanted to explore. In doing this, I created a block made of layers of wax and bands of coloured paint, and painted the top layer grey before carving into it, revealing the colours underneath.
This began my explorations in contrast, and how it ties in with layering, erosion and edges. Each layer of wax or paint contrasts the others, and all the eroded layers underneath contrast the grey surface. Where the edges of layers meet shows a contrast between them.
