Artwork Description:
Dimensions - 20x24 inches
Media - Oil
Support - .75 inch thick gallery wrapped canvas, staples on the reverse. Sides painted black.
Date - 6/2008
This painting in thick oil applied with a palette knife depicts a nude man and woman in a tender embrace.
The entire piece was created by "tapping" the palette knife to the surface thousands of times over to create a complete continuous texture over the canvas surface. Only a knife and pure paint was used, no brushes, mineral spirits, or medium. Just knife and paint. As pure as the scene depicted....