Original artwork description:

An original oil painting on stretched canvas by South Australian artist Scott Maxwell

If you want a specific size painting get in touch with me or the bluethumb team we can work that out easily. I'm happy to do commission work.

This is a new process I've been developing recently, it's quite different to my other techniques. Composition is simplified, mostly horizontal areas or bands of colour and varying tones on a vertical canvas. Some of the technique is borrowed from the German artist Gerhard Richters squeegee paintings. I've combined this with my own methods and inspirations, my love of abstract landscape and seascape painting. After painting many many experiments, it was clear that one of the directions was headed towards landscapes and seascapes. I went with that to create this work. I wanted to show off the colours of our country I use Art Spectrum Australian landscape colours, Flinders blues and red violets, Australian reds, golds, blues, ochres and umbers in various mixtures. The paint is applied to the canvas in contrasting ways. Some is laid on thickly with no brush work at all, while other areas are brushed and glazed to build a glowing 'wet paint looking' surface. The combination of squeegee, brushing, scraping back, reapplying glazing continue until the painting finds it moment. It's an interesting process and an interesting result.

This painting is on a thick edged stretched canvas the edges of the canvas are painted black and a hanging wire is attached to the back so it is ready to hang unframed.

Materials used:

Professional quality oil paint on gallery wrapped edged canvas. Varnished, sides painted, ready to hang unframed.

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