Enchanted City mixed media on wood 6x6" by Meera Rao
Trapped mixed media on wood 6x6" by Meera Rao
Color is the keyboard,
the eyes are the harmonies,
the soul is the piano with many strings.
Artist is the hand that purposefully plays
touching one key or another
and sets the soul vibrating.
~Wassily Kandinsky~
It is always a lot of fun painting with the mixed media Pebeo oil based liquid alkyd colors. I continue to be amazed at how 'Prisme' gives honeycomb effects that reveals itself only while drying -so to be patient and give it time to divulge its' secret. I am still astonished when the hammered effects of 'Moon' with textured pearl finish is unveiled instantly. I love the glossy transparent and luminous 'vitrail' colors; and the smooth enamel effect with lacquer finish of the 'ceramic' paints. And mostly, I am totally enamored by the exciting mix of art and science: using the chemistry of these liquids to paint, to bring about different effects and looks. I wish the photographs showed even more clearly the wonderful textures and dimension of the art works.
Enchanted City and Trapped were done on wood panels by pouring paint and deliberating on when and how much to manipulate the paints by keeping in mind their reaction styles and times. On the whole, it has been exhilarating to attempt to conquer the fear of the uncertainty and abstraction :)
2 comments:
The process seems to be as intriguing as the outcome, well done Meera!
Thank you so very much Padmaja -- it is pure fun to play with these paints :)
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