Percussionary Magnitude by Steve Baylis

Artwork

Percussionary Magnitude

Medium
Oil and cold wax on Baltic birch panel
Series
Series 3
Process
Stained and bleached panel, transparent gesso, five transparent glazes, large initial marks, five further glazes, then smaller marks and highlights.

Artwork note

Across the horizontal panel, warm grey, violet, charcoal, and blue alternate with smaller marks in white, pink, cream, and turquoise. Dense and open passages recur across the width, while larger underlying strokes remain visible beneath the repeated smaller marks.

Details

Surface, colour, and mark at close range.

Percussionary Magnitude detail study 1
Percussionary Magnitude detail study 2
Percussionary Magnitude detail study 3