Conscious Impulses by Steve Baylis

Artwork

Conscious Impulses

Medium
Oil and cold wax on Baltic birch panel
Dimensions
48 × 48 in.
Series
Series 2
Process
Stained and bleached panel, transparent gesso, five transparent glazes, large initial marks, five further glazes, then smaller marks and highlights.

Artwork note

Large grey-green, violet, and near-black shapes remain visible beneath smaller marks in turquoise, pale blue, yellow, red, and white. Clusters vary in size and spacing, but none separates from the surrounding field.

Artist's note

Baylis has described the clustered marks as a reflection of energy across scales, from the microscopic to the universe, with each cluster also contributing to the whole.

Details

Surface, colour, and mark at close range.

Conscious Impulses detail study 1
Conscious Impulses detail study 2
Conscious Impulses detail study 3