Particular Demonstration by Steve Baylis

Artwork

Particular Demonstration

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

Dark navy, blue-green, and violet create a broad field around smaller turquoise, white, yellow, and orange marks. The smallest marks gather in loose bands across the middle and lower half, leaving the larger brushwork more exposed at the perimeter.

Details

Surface, colour, and mark at close range.

Particular Demonstration detail study 1
Particular Demonstration detail study 2
Particular Demonstration detail study 3