Click here to watch video clip: AZULES Series in Blues I’ve been on a bit of a run here with Impasto (translates as dough, mixture, paste from the Latin ‘paste upon’). I’ve moved my experiments with light from colours to texture, seeing how the actual depth of shadows play into the mix. So I’ve purposely used a very limited palette of mostly blues (=azules in Spanish). Only recently I happened upon a very affirming documentary about Monet and Van Gogh intuiting that the atmosphere must be blue or violet. Impasto techniques push a piece from a flat painting to a three-dimensional sculptural rendering. Abstract expressionists made extensive use of it, motivated in part by a desire to create paintings which dramatically record the very action of painting itself. Unsure of what to use besides globs of actual paint (too expensive!), I’ve opted for silicone caulking like you’d use for the kitchen or bathroom and even leftover drywall mud... some good has come of those early years spent doing...
