Recollection of Understanding by Steve Baylis

Artwork

Recollection of Understanding

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

Turquoise, ultramarine, and deep teal establish the field, with larger blue shapes remaining visible beneath dense smaller marks. White, violet, red, yellow, and green collect in a bright central passage that spreads laterally before thinning into darker edges.

Details

Surface, colour, and mark at close range.

Recollection of Understanding detail study 1
Recollection of Understanding detail study 2
Recollection of Understanding detail study 3