Probability of the Impossible by Steve Baylis

Artwork

Probability of the Impossible

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 occupy most of the square. A compressed band of cobalt, cyan, white, green, and yellow marks crosses the middle, where the surface becomes brighter and more densely worked. Larger dark shapes at the top and bottom hold that band inside the field.

Details

Surface, colour, and mark at close range.

Probability of the Impossible detail study 1
Probability of the Impossible detail study 2
Probability of the Impossible detail study 3