THESE NEW REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS ARE AN EXCITING DEVELOPMENT IN THE OEUVRE AS I PLAY ON THE DEPICTION OF THE VIEWER'S EXHALE. THIS AIR IS THE OXYGEN PRODUCED BY MY CONCEPT OF THE ARTIST PLANT CONSERVATORY. THE CONDENSATION IS REPRESENTED AS A STEAMY SURFACE THAT HAS BEEN SMUDGED AND A DROPLET OF WATER HAS TRICKLED DOWN THE PAINTING. VERRE ÉGLOMISE IS A PROCESS OF APPLYING AN IMAGE AND GILDING TO THE REVERSE SIDE OF GLASS. IN THIS NEW WORK, I USE ONLY COLOR ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE GLASS WHICH IS THEN REFLECTED FROM BEHIND THE STEAMY SURFACE, DIFFUSING AND RADIATING AMBIENT LIGHT FROM THE ROOM CREATING A TYPE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS ANIMATING THE PAINTINGS INTO LIFE. INSPIRATION FOR THE PAINTINGS ARE CULLED FROM OBSERVING PLANTS SILHOUETTED IN WINDOWS SPOTTED ON NYC NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS. I IMAGINE WARHOL WOULD HAVE A MONEY TREE IN HIS STUDIO AND THAT VUILLARD'S MONSTERA WOULD HAVE TAKEN OVER HIS WINDOW SILL IN PARIS. SOME OF THESE ARTISTS DID HAVE THESE PLANTS BUT I ALSO IMAGINE WHAT PLANT MIGHT BE BEHIND THE CURTAINED LIT-FROM-WITHIN WINDOWS ACROSS THE CENTURIES.
THESE NEW REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS ARE AN EXCITING DEVELOPMENT IN THE OEUVRE AS I PLAY ON THE DEPICTION OF THE VIEWER'S EXHALE. THIS AIR IS THE OXYGEN PRODUCED BY MY CONCEPT OF THE ARTIST PLANT CONSERVATORY. THE CONDENSATION IS REPRESENTED AS A STEAMY SURFACE THAT HAS BEEN SMUDGED AND A DROPLET OF WATER HAS TRICKLED DOWN THE PAINTING. VERRE ÉGLOMISE IS A PROCESS OF APPLYING AN IMAGE AND GILDING TO THE REVERSE SIDE OF GLASS. IN THIS NEW WORK, I USE ONLY COLOR ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE GLASS WHICH IS THEN REFLECTED FROM BEHIND THE STEAMY SURFACE, DIFFUSING AND RADIATING AMBIENT LIGHT FROM THE ROOM CREATING A TYPE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS ANIMATING THE PAINTINGS INTO LIFE. INSPIRATION FOR THE PAINTINGS ARE CULLED FROM OBSERVING PLANTS SILHOUETTED IN WINDOWS SPOTTED ON NYC NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS. I IMAGINE WARHOL WOULD HAVE A MONEY TREE IN HIS STUDIO AND THAT VUILLARD'S MONSTERA WOULD HAVE TAKEN OVER HIS WINDOW SILL IN PARIS. SOME OF THESE ARTISTS DID HAVE THESE PLANTS BUT I ALSO IMAGINE WHAT PLANT MIGHT BE BEHIND THE CURTAINED LIT-FROM-WITHIN WINDOWS ACROSS THE CENTURIES.