Rachael McCallum's Unicorn Spew,

Rachael McCallum's UnicornSpew ~The online journal of Artness as-it-happens.


Tuesday 26 March 2013

Keith Tyson: Cloud Choreography and Other Emergent Systems - Exhibition - ArtLyst

Keith Tyson: Cloud Choreography and Other Emergent Systems - Exhibition - ArtLyst

Keith Tyson's nature paintings are so beautiful as photographs, I can only dream of their brilliance in real life. Oil paints and other materials are allowed to travel on a surface and placed in a freezer so that the details are allowed to eventuate and be sealed in the surface. It is such an interesting method, a sensible controlled experiment. 
I hope such a show one day eventuates to Australia!


Thoughts;
I have wondered at the possibility that these works are stronger as enlarged images, ( I cant tell what the scale is to the nature of these images) as I have found more pleasing and interesting for my amateur attempts.

None of the worry of fire or explosions like my kiln works.

The magic of producing such works on metal is the lightweight conveinence and the crisp detail is possible in the film on metal. Even depth is percieveable in the layers of pigments as surface, texture, gloss, thickness all can vary. 

As a model to use as an example for my work, ill take note of the value of the thick/thin-ness, Its a majestic thing. 

(P.s; Many followers of his nature paintings via blogs find the images ideal for prints on fabric, I hope they learn about the craft of marbling which can provide similar effects.)