From the Layers of Color series, which I began in 2015, I pursue paintings that are purely visual phenomena, where I am freed from the structure of figurative motifs.
This work is the seventeenth in 2016, and the twenty-sixth in total for the series.
My motivation for this work was that it would be nice to have an "image like a thermal fluid phenomenon".
Of course, the whole development of this series called "Layers of Color" has the intention of "aiming for a screen that looks like a physical phenomenon, just barely falling within the category of a painting", and this work is an example of a work in which this intention is strongly outputted.
After prepping the canvas with a careful ground coating on both the front and back sides, more than 20 layers of paint, both partial and solid, are applied to the screen side as a depiction. Then, I grind the canvas with water-resistant sandpaper while spraying water on it.
The work is done on a temporary board, and after completion, it is cleaned and dried before being stretched on a wooden frame, so there are no problems in terms of production or hygiene, and the quality of the matiere characteristics and colors can be maintained.
The screen is smooth and can be wiped clean with a dish towel.
To take advantage of one of the characteristics of painting, "multi-layered magic".
A scene that can only exist by paint on its support. Painting as a physical crystal.
In 1999, I found a way to do this that was in line with my desires from the time I started my career.
Since then, I have been pursuing the possibility of painting with the consistent technique and matiere of "lamination and grinding of acrylic paint".
