Reconstructed Abstract Art
ReConstructed Abstract art involves building up dozens of successive layers of acrylic paint, charcoal, graphite, pastels and other mediums. An emphasis is placed on over-painting with levels of varying opacity. As a result, the images are more defined with crisp edges and obvious contrasts. Washes are used extensively to add depth and create a unifying flow as the viewers' eye travels over the images.
Like DeConstructed Abstract art, these paintings usually involve stretching gessoed canvas over a raised wooden substrate. Wood support allows for a firm basis to apply fine lines and washes without the “bounce” present with normal support frames.
Once completed, the painting is removed from its temporary wooden support and re-wrapped over a slightly smaller, heavy-duty conventional gallery-depth stretcher frame. A surprising benefit of this process is that what had been the facing perimeter of the painting now becomes the seamless and continuous revealed edge of the framed art. Paintings that utilize this “Re-Wrapping” technique are noted in the Painting Notes.
The Moon for the Seasons
The Number of Stars
The Season of Singing
The Surging Sea
Heaven’s Like a Canopy
The Heavens are the Work of His Hands
Fathoming The Mysteries
