Mapping the Landscape

This morning I made 2 new prints using the subtractive method that I have adopted recently, I’m very pleased with some of the results and I think there are plenty of directions to push this and limnk into other mediums. But I have also been searching for a way to retain the paintings that are made onto the glass, they are vibrant and full of interest and when the image is transferred some of that vibrancy is lost. You could probably say that the best way to keep the image is to paint directly onto board/canvas/paper and while that is probably true I feel that the way the paint sits on glass could not be replicated on a more traditional surface. I’ve found a method of mono printing that may prove interesting. Firstly you lay down a sheet of clear film (needs to be thicker than cling film) onto the glas, tape it keeping it taught to the glass surface. When this is secure you can paint directly onto the clear film, either additive or subtractive and then you leave it to dry, when it is dry to the touch all over then you apply a thin layer of soft gel over the whole image and then lay your paper directly onto the gel, prerssing down firmly. This is left to dry overnight and you can cut around the edge of the paper releasing the laminated painting onto the surface.I have started one and I have got to the stage just before adding the gel, I am leaving it to dry overnight. It was interesting to note that the final image will be the image I first lay down so it is a different way of working and thinking when layering colours (see uploaded images of front and back to see difference..Its been a bit of a dull day outside today so it was easy to get my head down and get some work done and I really enjoyed it. Im looking forward to visiting the Event that starts this weekend and continues for 2 weeks. It is an art project on the same road as us at the Bond, in fact it is next door to us. There are loads of curated contemporary art exhibitions and open studios and all sorts of things, if you are in the area you should pop in to Minerva works and see what is happening.