MEDIA & TECHNIQUES:
Oil Painting:
featured in IN THE BEGINNING 20|20 project
Each canvas consists of 8 to 10 layers of paint, with its bottom layer in gesso. Using gesso allows me to create an invisible layer of subtle 3-dimensional strokes. Subsequently, I carefully select and mix the color palette and tones to achieve the 3-dimensional effect desired.
The final visual offers bright and lively colors. It leaves the eye wandering from one painting to the other in a spiral shift. It’s a true draw working on the subliminal. It is innovative and unique. For more thrills, I suggest that the viewer wears the ChromaDepthⓇ3D glasses to discover the depth of the layers in all their chromatic intensity.
Metal:
featured in BAZ, The Concept project
Assembled Perforated Sheets
I emboss, assemble and manually bend thin metallic sheets to obtain the size and the shape desired. I then fasten them together using multiple screws of various sizes and shapes and open caps on top.
Reversible Suspended Art
featured in Iconoclastic Figures project
I insert the perforated sheets from one side to the other using screws then hex nuts on each end “sandwiching” the metal sheets in between, which automatically draws the identical shape on the reverse of the sheet as well. It becomes a double-sided art: RECTO-VERSO
I use this technique to draw shapes, to insert stones in the caps with stones on one side for a more elaborate visual and leave the other side as is for a more rough-industrial visual.
One side carries the finished end and the other the rough side of the screw, which gives the suspended work two vastly different expressions or one set of dualisms: Elegance vs. Industrial; Crystals vs. Roughs; Finished vs. Unfinished.
For the whole duality to be visible, I suspend these pieces with a metal spring consisting of a 360 swivel base that gives it mobility. Thus, the metal sheet can easily be turned to show both sides when desired. The suspension also allows the media to glow when it moves.
Lighting & Shadowing
featured in Iconoclastic Figures & The BAZ, The Concept projects
I use LED strips to add a backlit glow that creates more depth to the piece. This also serves to create a natural contour around the whole of the piece as well.
I also make use of natural candle light throughout the perforated patterns. The raw candlelight flicker materializes in the form of a moving shadow on the wall in the form of the pattern itself.
Crystal, Semi-Precious Stone & Metal Leaf Appliqué
featured in Iconoclastic Figures & The BAZ, The Concept projects
I insert crystals and other semi-precious stones by hand, inside the screw caps and the perforated metallic sheets as part of the color palette.
I also apply metal leafing including, gold, silver, colored aluminum, and copper.
Mixed Media:
featured in Iconoclastic Figures project
Papier-mache – Spray paint – Resin – Mother of pearl – Stencil
