Show and Tell: Global Meltdown

 

I tried non-objective painting... only a couple of times... in painting classes at university. It was a bit of a challenge for me since I usually prefer doing representational and subjective art. For this one, we were (as homework) to make ten experimental pieces on 10”square primed watercolour paper. We were to build up layers, paying attention to colour, texture and shape.

 

I was more than a little surprised to find it was kind of fun.

 

 

We then chose elements from the small pieces and worked them into a larger painting using layer upon layer.

A lot of people confuse the difference between 'non-objective' and 'abstract” (A fact that was part of this project's lesson.)

*Non-objective: To have no subject or recognizable image. The work relies purely on the fundamentals of colour, shape, pattern, and texture.

*Abstract: A subject or object is changed beyond the normal boundaries of nature. Sometimes nearly unrecognisable, but with a subject none-the-less.

*Subjective (representational): As the name implies... with a subject. The image has an clear and visible object and/or subject.

Sorry to say, I didn't photograph the stages of my painting. Unfortunately, I did not get into the practice of documenting them in painting classes. I began in my printmaking projects.

 

Global Meltdown (sometimes called “Global Warming”) is on 36” x 36” gallery wrapped canvas. It now hangs in my home but I do have it listed for sale in my Etsy shop and available as prints from FineArtAmerica.