Visceral Reasoning by Steve Baylis

Artwork

Visceral Reasoning

Medium
Oil and cold wax on Baltic birch panel
Series
Series 2
Process
Stained and bleached panel, transparent gesso, five transparent glazes, large initial marks, five further glazes, then smaller marks and highlights.

Artwork note

The wide format holds moss green, violet, blue-grey, and charcoal in broad horizontal passages. Pale blue, white, pink, and green marks spread across the centre, with the largest dark shapes remaining visible above and below. The lateral format lets shifts in density extend across the field.

Details

Surface, colour, and mark at close range.

Visceral Reasoning detail study 1
Visceral Reasoning detail study 2
Visceral Reasoning detail study 3