I went to buy fabrics in at attempt to use them to paint on a stick together. The idea was to replicate a similar visual idea as the one found in Matisse’s paintings, a familiarity and sense of a homely environment.
The experiment proved to be more difficult than expected, as first of all. the fabric seemed to be too thin and would outstretch the canvas, and no attempt to stretch it would result in a success. However I found that the way I had intuitively cut the fabric added a certain 3 dimensionality to the portraits or memento mori, adding a ghost silhouette to the painting.
I started experimenting with ideas of layering and cubism, using the fabric as a preliminary 3 dimensional shape to paint on.
from then on I decided to stick the fabric to a support rather than stitching it. The sticking could then come on top, as a way of painting rather than as a way of attaching.
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