Original watercolor on tissue paper, Spring, by Lynne French.
The detailed and textured painting has many glazes of color applied to achieve the luminous depth and hue to the colors.
This
technique was inspired by an ancient Zen meditation ritual in which
Buddhist monks meditated on a crumpled, and then smoothed, sheet of rice
paper until a vision appeared to them from the random lines and folds
in the rice paper.
For these paintings, randomly crumpled layers
of tissue paper are applied with gesso to a rigid backing. After many
applications of transparent color washes, an image is suggested where
the color has collected in the folds and swirls of the randomly applied
tissue paper....similar to seeing images in clouds. Further detail in
the image that has been suggested by the folds of tissue paper are added
with transparent color glazes, and final definition with ink. The
painting is then protected with Broad Spectrum UV, and light varnish.
This signed painting measures 16x22 inches mounted on prepared,1/2" thick plywood . The painting is not framed.
Lynne
French is a contemporary artist who trained at Chouinard Art Institute,
CalArts, where she studied with both Millard Sheets and Phil Dike. She
is collected throughout the United States in both private and public
collections, has done extensive commercial work and numerous commission
pieces. Lynne French is listed with AskArt, and also in The Artist's
Bluebook
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