Before social distancing became a way of life, I used to visit thrift stores to selectively purchase pre-painted canvases that had what I call POTENTIAL. The plainer, the better---maybe a light colored background or an abstract grid that would allow me to paint or acrylic marble over the entire canvas, rending it unrecognizable from its original state and turning into something new.
Such is the case for "Light in the Window" which began as a black on white printed "canvas" (actually heavy nylon/polyester of some kind, wrapped around canvas stretcher bars and varnished). These are the kinds of prints on canvas you see all the time at big box stores--very decorative but (in my opinion) also a bit bland. That's where *I* come in!
I took photos of this piece in progress as I transformed the subject matter from a bicycle wheel to an arched window with figures in front of it. The final painting "Light in the Window" is 12x12" on wrapped canvas.
Such is the case for "Light in the Window" which began as a black on white printed "canvas" (actually heavy nylon/polyester of some kind, wrapped around canvas stretcher bars and varnished). These are the kinds of prints on canvas you see all the time at big box stores--very decorative but (in my opinion) also a bit bland. That's where *I* come in!
I took photos of this piece in progress as I transformed the subject matter from a bicycle wheel to an arched window with figures in front of it. The final painting "Light in the Window" is 12x12" on wrapped canvas.
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