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Mixed Media: Connecticut
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Summer, 1978, Nils. Egg tempera, oil,
encaustic, collage and wood putty on hardwood panel after a photograph from National
Geographic Magazine September 1977. Each square 5 1/4" x 9
1/4". The total size is 3' 6" x 6' 2".
In metric, each square is 13.5 cm x 23.5 cm. The total size
is 107 cm wide x 188 cm high. SOLD
This piece is 3 1/2 feet wide
and just over 6 feet tall (1 meter 7cm x 1 meter 88 cm high). Viewing the image on the internet can only give you a small taste
of the experience of standing in front of this piece. It is
a beautifully human life size blast of color, texture, and light.
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Connecticut:
Out of the closet...
In 1978, armed with Ralph Meyer's 'Artist's Handbook of Materials and
Techniques', and fascinated with a photograph from National
Geographic by photographer Erik Borg, I set to work learning
various painting techniques.
The photographic image was cut up into 64 equally sized rectangular
squares. I made up a master plan of how to handle each
square. Then, during the painting process, I loosely enlarged
each photographic image onto each of the 64 hardwood squares.
My idea: each square was to be prepared differently: old gesso or new (acrylic), pre-textured
collage or flat., egg tempera, encaustic, or oil. Each
square should be able to function alone as an abstract painting or, of course, together. This was the
result.
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