Incarceration of Comprehension by Steve Baylis

Artwork

Incarceration of Comprehension

Medium
Oil and cold wax on Baltic birch panel
Series
Series 1
Process
Stained and bleached panel, transparent gesso, five transparent glazes, large initial marks, five further glazes, then smaller marks and highlights.

Artwork note

Deep violet, ultramarine, and blue-black cover most of the panel. Smaller cobalt, cyan, green, pink, and white marks gather into luminous passages through the centre and lower half, then thin toward the edges. The strongest colour sits inside a dark field rather than on a separate ground.

Details

Surface, colour, and mark at close range.

Incarceration of Comprehension detail study 1
Incarceration of Comprehension detail study 2
Incarceration of Comprehension detail study 3