Paint My Words

I’ve spent the last two months working to recreate a previous composition. I began two canvases dedicated to this task. The works began with a layer of tar and sand, painted over again and again.  I pealed off the layers, like strips of peel from an orange.  I painted, repainted and painted again, using layers of polyurethane as the glue.  I created a suitable background for a composition, using my normal layered style, and after completion, I found that I liked the simplicity of the backgrounds more than the thought of disturbing the silence with additional painted forms. I am done.  Welcome to “Red Paintaholic” and “Purple Paintaholic”

I have been working on a manuscript over the last year or so which documents in principle my experience of cycling. The manuscript is well on its way to being completed.  These prints will be used as chapter dividers.  It’s not entirely fiction or non fiction, but rather a blending of the two – A Mark Twain if you will.  I spent the day today, carving a rubber block, cutting my hand, and producing these colorful cycling prints.  There are twenty in total. The rubber has been destroyed.

Over the last two weeks I have been experimenting with rubber block printing and color combination. I worked away at the background and vase first, followed by a bit more detail on the flower pedals and the vase bottom. The results look stunning when compared as a series. Tulips redefined.  I made thirty of these, most of them completed over the course of the last 24 hours. More flower prints to come, perhaps a daisy or a pansy next.

This painting is 3 feet tall by 4 feet wide. Figures matched by their shadows face off. The base of the painting is composed of a white layer painted over a previous work that I was never fully happy with. Tar is underneath that. I dug out the forms, through layers of paint, exposing the tar and then sealing it back in with polyurethane. The figures and background are painted on that matrix. It can be hung with either side  upwards. I prefer it with red on top.

This is work from the last week. It’s composed of tar, layers of oil paint, acrylic and clear coat polyurethane. It’s 4 feet long by 13 inches tall. Clouds a bridge and numerous layers until I found what I liked.

Paintings created during the first few months of 2010. Lindsey created the smaller aced etched metal tree scene. I created the larger 4 by 2 foot works using oil, concrete, enamel and found objects. Not sure if these are fully done yet, however they are close.

Artist: D.B. Williams

This painting was constructed on a 4 by 4 foot sheet of particle board. It is rare that I leave a piece as complete without adding a bit more detail or complexity. This piece stands on its own weight. The colors and negative space are well balanced. I’m not sure yet where this lovely lady will end up, but I do know that she will find a good home.

In this piece I have mounted woven plywood strips onto a 4 by 4 foot piece of particle board. The work is thus, quite heavy given that in some places three layers of wood and paint have been built up.  The colors chosen are secondary and primary in design. These are accented with vertical and horizontal lines surrounded by spherical shapes.  Additionally, off hues by blending white have been created to add an additional layer of complexity.

Artist: D.B. Williams

On the right a sunflower print can be seen. It measures 18 inches by 12 inches.  I cut this print from linoleum.  4 layers of paint have been applied to produce a flower image which fills up the canvas.  I created 17 of these prints over the weekend mostly the same color. These have been signed and those still available can be found in my etsy shop.

Below is a 4 foot by 2 foot painting on wooden panel.  Spent grains from home brewing, a birch panel, enamel and oil paint have all been mixed to create another one of my treescape series.

Artist: D.B. Williams

A rubber cut stamping of either the great white whale from Moby Dick or a teacup.  I prefer the idea of a whale.  This print was created in a Limited Edition of four. One of the stamping was accidentally stamped upside down.  Water color paint was rolled onto a rubber cut stamp.  Each color represents a subsequent pressing after cutting out the block.  The print is 18 inches by 12 inches in size on white heavyweight watercolor paper.

This work measures 12 inches by 18 inches. A tree scene is painted atop an acid stained steel plate.  This is #5 in a series of acid stained works.

I have created a few of the paintings over the last half a year. I discovered the creation process while experimenting with metal and concrete acid stain. Apparently, metallic salts react with more than simply the lime in concrete. I like these paintings. They are simple, approachable, reproducible within reason and unique. They have my usual improptu style, yet they maintain a bit of dignified elegance. The copper hues don’t hurt!  More of these paintings will come. You can find the ones that I have available for sale through my etsy shop.