After looking at the work of Gerhard Richter I wanted to research more into other artists that use a similar technique of painting with a squeegee. I wasn’t necessarily looking for artists that have the same subject matter as what I’m looking at, just for artists that use the same technique in their process and to look at the outcome of this technique.
While researching I found the artist Kimberley Bruce on the Saatchi Art Online website. Kimberley Bruce’s work almost documents the process she goes through to make each piece of work. When talking about this she said that while creating a piece she will be pouring and dripping paint and scraping and squeegeeing and paint will drip over the sides of the canvas. Instead of neatening the edges she leaves them, by doing this the process has been recorded and becomes a part of the artwork.
http://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Terra/416637/1569533/view
This technique is something I am definitely going to try within my own work, I love how all the colours merge together but there is still a vibrant feel to the paintings. Tomorrow I am going to spend the morning in the studio experimenting with this technique and I will post the outcomes on here afterwards.
