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November 04, 2003
the paint is the thing
It's all about the paint - well not all , obviously. But by painting big [1800mm x 1220mm] the paint itself becomes the trick. Paint smaller pictures and the paint has to pretend to be something else. Quantum entanglement comes into play - the smaller the thing you're dealing with the more effect the tools will have. To find out more about quantum entanglement: knock a panel pin in with a sledge hammer.
So, as with sub-molecular physics, so it is with painting: the size of the brush and the thickness of the paint affect the look of the picture unless you do as Ingres did, and eliminate the brush stroke [and look what happened to Ingres]. But for me I want to put my hand up and say: “I am painting this – with paint, and look: it still works”.
Posted by john at November 4, 2003 08:32 AM
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