Sunday, May 18, 2008
She works with oils, and mostly on board (which David Baker also uses to great effect). A trick she uses is to paint the board/canvas with Cadmium Red before working on it... and she allows bits to show through here and there -- warming up each and every work.
It's daunting to work on a bare white canvas, so she gets around that using the red, but also uses the red to create overall warmth. Paired with areas of thick and flat strokes, it all comes together remarkably well.
