Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Floating canvas work

So I decided to try and paint using a float canvas. Traditionally, wrapped canvas is set with four flat sides, and many artists choose to either hide these behind a frame, paint them black (my preference), or white. On a float canvas, the edges taper back, and are used as painting space to continue your work all the way to the wall. This creates an illusion of your composition ''floating'' in 3 dimensions.

Admittedly, this is wicked awesome to see in person, but my honest opinion is that this is a huge pain. Painting a float creates many logistical problems of how to hold the painting without getting fingers on edges, and blending across the edges is also tedious. For a commission, sure, but I doubt I'll be jumping for these at the shop again.

This work measures 10" x 30", and is for sale. Contact me if interested.

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