Surfaces to work on.
I’ve recently acquired some big boards of plywood which I plan on cutting down to size and painting on. I’ve also got an old shed door which I plan to paint in a similar way to one of my other blue paintings, or just covering in ultramarine blue, leaving some of the wood around the edges. It also has the hinges left on and a metal lock.
I may work on both sides, as both sides appeal to me to paint on and make interesting surfaces.
I’ve really moved away from working on canvas now, I think because I love the texture of these pieces of wood and the tactile quality that they produce.
With the shed, I may consider displaying this in an interactive way, either hanging the door from the ceiling or standing up in the centre of a space, so it can be walked around, or hung on a wall by one side so it can be swung by the viewer, as it would when it was a functioning door.
