Landslide Unique Abstract Painting

Landslide is just one of the Unique Abstract paintings that went on display for the first time a few days before christmas 2012... the show was a huge success with several paintings being sold and lots of really great people turning up for a fantastic evening of art and interaction...

All these special unique abstract paintings are all painted on specially prepared USB boards that create a fantastic textured surface that adds to the distinct nature of these paintings.

Landslide A Unique Abstract Painting
60 x 80 cm oil on a unusual surface 

This Painting truly captures the the atmosphere of a clif-face eroded by the passing storm of reds and purples that filter down to the lower large area of this unique painting  and attracts a huge amount of visual attention.

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A Simple Abstract Painting of Beauty

Painted in blues this subtle painting has a visual depth that seeks to explore how we see the world.  Abstract painting allows anyone to find the Simplicity of beauty in colour field paintings.

I have added this abstract painting to my website (see this web page here) partly because as a painting it attracts a vast amount of interest, even from those individuals who have little interest in abstract art or painting. 

Although colour field paintings are by the values of artists like mark Rothko or Numan, a pure and reductive abstract process this particular abstraction crates the feeling of an expansive landscape that holds a natural appeal that anyone one can appreciate and enjoy.

Colour field painting presents challenges to the abstract artist especially creating a large exspance of a shade or colour that still retains visual interest and excitement as this painting dose. The flat and very smooth application of the paint adds directly to the atmosphere that this colourfield painting offers the viewer.

As a landscape the subtle tones displayed in the large flat areas of blues that both hint towards the green and creates a comfortable visually stunning abstract painting that truly catches the interest of those who come into contact whit this stunning simple abstract painting.




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Painting Three Acrylic Studies

These Three Acrylic Studies painted as working study for a larger painting to be completed in oils on a large canvas that was lying around is one way to focus the mind and sort out those little problems of composition and colour. 

It not that I normally intend to frame and sell such studies but the effect of the three acrylic studies paintings looked fantastic as a set, Each original acrylic painting are about 30 x 40 cm and priced at £65 each, although I would happily sell all three for £150 which would make a vibrant and warm set of paintings that would compliment any home. 

Working Study 1

Working Study 2

Working Study 3

One of the main reasons for using acrylics Paints is the fast drying times allowing any artist to turn out a number of test pieces in paint that consider tone and proportions, although often transferring such an image onto a larger canvas can alter the overall painting considerably.

In this case the Canvas measures 100 x 120 cm which is about as large as I cam manage in my studio at Hylands House.  I have prepared the Painting with a thick and textured layer of Acrylic colour and allowed this to dry throughly, creating a fantastic surface that should shine through the finished painting. 

Acrylic Studies have a valid and important part to play in the process of painting and perhaps all three of these dramatic and visually pleasing acrylic paintings have been very useful in making the larger piece more successful as an original painting.

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Art Show Grand Opening

Add this date to your Diary Now…. 

12 totally Unique and Individual Abstract Paintings using the exclusive method developed by the Artist on specially prepared USB boards, creating fabulous texture.

Grand Opening 

21st December  7pm and 9pm…

Art Show Open to The Public

Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd 

from 10am onwards...

At

Hylands House Visitors Centre

Chelmsford. 

Essex, UK,  CM2 8QW

A unique painting method 

Painted in vibrant Oil's on a specially prepared USB board. This unique painting method uses specially prepared USB board creates a textured and cracked surface which produces a fascinating surface to work on.                                                                                                             

This New painting Process Developed over years of trial and error by the artist Mark Johansen has perfected a unique method of preparing an unusual surface on which to paint these fantastic abstract paintings.

By carefully Controlling the process of preparation Mark has created a painting surface that is highly absorbent and potently fragile, this however is Half the Charm of these unique Paintings, It take a good deal of Practice and Skill to get the detail and texture just right which is paramount for these Unique Abstract Paintings.

With different applications methods and approaches creates the fine cracks makes a crackle type finish or even smooth finish, if desired. In places he has even removed pieces of the boards itself and placed them in other arrears in the paintings adding to the Unique Character these Abstract Paintings have to offer any art lover. 

The process of Painting in oil paints and varnish is equally important as it helps stabilise the surface and yet if applied with great care still leaves the surface cracks visible if desired, that make these Characteristic Abstract paintings feel delicate and yet beautifully absorbing. 

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