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Painted Sketch
Acrylics on Paper
6" x 9"
an Original Painting |
Artist Proof
Mixed Media on Paper
24" x 36"
an Original Print |
Silkscreen
Acrylics on Paper
24" x 36"
an Original Print |
Original Painting
Acrylics on Canvas
24" x 36" |
Definitions to help you
understand terms found in my website
Acid Free: many surfaces will have acids
used in its production or conservation process. These
acids leak unto the painting and thus cause fading in the
color. A greater concern is that acid overtime
destroys materials such as cotton or linen (both found in
canvasses and paper). Even if the amount of acid is
negligible, this amount will increase considerably when
factoring in pollutants found in our environment.
Minimize these concerns by framing
your art behind glass and with a good seal around
the foam backing board.
Artist Proof: this is best understood
as a "test print". In the process of
making a print (wood block, silkscreen, etc.) an
artist will want to make sure that all elements work well
together before running the entire edition. The artist
proof will tell the artist whether all edges meet as they
should, the colors behave as expected, etc. I
oftentimes use the artist proof as
a study for making an original. In the example
above "Detachment of Heart and Soul" I used the artist proof
as a test print for a mixed
media print as well as the study for the original painting.
An artist proof is an original piece, and at times it may be
one of a kind.
Block Print: in order to reproduce a
painting an artist may use various block print techniques.
Most popular are the linoleum cuts and woodblocks. In
this processes the artist carves out the areas that do not
require the particular he/she's working at the moment.
The artist then applies printing ink on the block and
presses the paper onto it. The process is repeated
according to how many colors are present in the original.
Color gradients are obtained by creating the effect directly
on the block. A block print is an original piece.
Contemporary art: art created since
World War II is considered contemporary including the
present. Expressionism, pop art, computer art, and
graffiti are some of the forms of art that emerged in this
period. Whether the term will move with time or not
remains to be seen. My art is considered as
contemporary.
Digital Print: artwork printed using modern
digital process. see also Giclée. These are not
original pieces, but they may be signed and numbered.
Giclée: from the French word gicler,
meaning to spurt or to squirt. This is a digital
process used to produce reproduce 2-dimensional work.
It is an inkjet printing thus
using a nozzle (le gicleur) in order to
place color on paper or canvas. Giclées may be signed
numbered as part of a limited edition, but are not original
pieces.
Linoleum Cut: see Block Print
Modern Art: The definition of what's
modern art does not seem to move with time. The term
is ridiculously stuck on a period that goes from the late
1800s and ends in the 1970s. Unlike previous periods,
the style of art this period varied extensively as artist
acquired greater freedom and sought to separate themselves
from the many artists around them. Modern art embraces
impressionism, cubism, and other schools that emerged within
that period. While I'm creating art in the our modern
era, my art is not "modern art".
Mixed Media: in order to create a
special effect an artist may combine different types of
paints or different surfaces. An artist must be aware
of how the chemical or physical properties of one material
will behave in the presence of another in order to ensure
the longevity of the work. Oils will behave well when
painted over acrylics, but not the other way around.
Digitally printed media will lose its color over a short
period of time and, if placed as part of a painting, will
tarnish with it the initial intent of the artist.
Contrary to popular believe, even among artists, the artist
must be a biologist, a chemist, and a physicist if he/she
wants to create art that will live beyond his/her tenure in
this world.
Painted Sketch: see Study
Serigraph: see Silk Screen
Silkscreen: a piece of silk stretched on a
wooden frame serves to guide paint unto a surface.
While the desired areas are left open the other areas are
blocked by either a stencil or by an emulsion painted
directly on the silk. As it happens with a the block
print, one color is run at a time. Unlike block
prints, creating gradients of color on a silkscreen is very
laborious if it can be achieved at all; as it requires
multiple runs of color from light to dark until the desired
effect is reached.
Study: Oftentimes a painter, envisioning a
larger and more detailed creation, will sketch out ideas.
These sketches may be detailed or loose renditions of the
idea. They may serve in order to decide, for example,
how a foot should be turned or should the head lean one way
or the other.
The study may be as simple as a quick pencil sketch, but it
may also be painted. Many of my oil pastel creations
are studies for a larger creation. The final creation
may be quite similar to the study, or it may just have
elements of the study. Many artists create multiple
studies for the same painting and at the end may take
elements from different studies. A study is an
original, one of a kind creation.
Wood Block Print: see Block Print |
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