Tom Hall Boehringer, 'Untitled 1', oil on canvas (2019), 600 x 600mm.
Painting in progress
canvas stretching in the workshop.
texture of the canvas before sizing.
sizing the canvas.
Technique - Fat over Lean
The traditional fat over lean technique in oil painting was brought to my attention in the 'Painting and Thinking' material sessions.
The technique's purpose is to avoid the cracking of oil paint over time, making work more archivally sound. It also has the added bonus of creating more vibrant tones and depth. It makes sense that this technique was favoured by Pre-Raphealites and Decadent artists.
Reference photography
'to reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim' - Preface
'It is the Spectator, and not life , that art really mirrors' - Preface
'Her gestures became absurdly artificial' p.72
'Last night she was a great artist' p.79
'Art, like nature has her monsters' p. 114
'Life has been your art' p.182
'the canvas bear the burden of his passions and his sins; p.79'
not till they had examined the rings that they recognised who it was' p. 188
'Why had such a soul been given to him?' p.79
'His nature had developed like a flower' p.49
'a dress covered with five hundred and sixty pearls' p.115
'A sea monster had been enamoured of the pearl' p.116
'madness for pleasure' p.128
'one seemed to be floating down in green waterways of the pink and pearl city' p.138
'Like the painting of a sorrow face without a heart; p.189