After numerous attempts to develop a new painting approach in 2023, I am finally evolving towards painting one brush stroke at a time except for large surfaces. Mixing impasto and fluid paint techniques remains an objective. I started using turquoise underpainting a while back, and lately, I've made a special effort to retain some of that underpainting in my finished works... I kind of like the effect! We'll see what 2024 brings in the way of new developments!
During the first half of 2023, I toyed with abstraction and pure figuration using free flowing paint, impasto paint and even collage...
During the second half of 2022, I experimented with spray paint, acrylic inks (black, blue green and brown), opaque and transparent paint application, loose style application...
After many years of pure figuration, going free style (the last one) becomes more and more irresistible!
I have recently returned to primed canvas after interjecting with more or less10 paintings on raw canvas. After some readjustments, I'm back to impasto painting...
During the last few months, I initiated a return to raw canvas for variety, and to throw a monkey wrench in my work...
To see some of these works, you may consult my website: recent – Ron Gravel
You may access these last works by clicking on the image below:
So far, I've been gun shy with spray paint but things should evolve in that department!
During the summertime, I reintroduced faces into my works for variety. When working with the human figure, I started amalgamating different contexts within the same painting to create some ambiguity and add interest (click on the image to visit my website)...
More recently, I started using spray paint as an effort to get closer to street artists and as a challenge...
