An artist that has really influenced me since writing my dissertation has been Ellsworth Kelly. My dissertation examined whether his works should be considered as paintings or as objects, or both, and I seem to be considering this in my own studio work quite a bit now; a key aspect of my paintings is that I no longer work on canvas, or even like working on canvas anymore. I much prefer to work on old wooden boards. Although Kelly created his own irregularly shaped panels, and thus allowed his work to be considered as breaking the boundary between painting and object, the fact that I use an old shed door or a piece of wood off a shed roof, is questioning the same theme.
I had briefly considered using irregular shaped boards, but the forms I use are mainly rectangular or square, so I’m not sure if that’s the direction I need to take.
I’m now looking at cutting wooden boards down to fit a few canvas frames I have.
