As a contrast to the alarming similarity in the work Dale and I created for the Dueling Minds show, I offer this unusual pair, The Process of Illumination. Painting in a completely non-objective manner was a stretch for me, and I felt this one most radically illustrated the departure in style. Yes, I performed a sort of minimalism on most all the canvases for the show, but Process is perhaps the most raw of all of them- it was hard for me to discern the point in which it was complete. There were many layers of iridescent & titanium applied over the initial pencil drawing, and after I'd gone back to punch up those lines, it seemed to be finished. A lot of interesting associations were expressed to me upon the first viewing back in February, but for myself, the point of illumination of synapse at the moment of understanding was illustrated there in the middle ground, the spindly lines connecting there at the horizontal row of circles. I had to resist not strong handling the the canvas, keeping it's gauzy nature intact.
The Process of Illumination, CM Shaw
acrylic/pencil on canvas, 20 x 24"
My monochromatic canvas turned out far different from Dale's, shown below in cool cobalt ground with it's surging drainpipe of aqua. Though shown side by side as in the poster above (as they hang in the gallery currently), it's fun how the "spout" in Dale's painting nearly aligns with the thready connection points in mine to it's left. Dale mentioned in reference to the "spout" something to the affect of how we are presented with a multitude of ideas that when mixed up, come out in the end our own individual point of understanding, or illumination.
The Process of Illumination, D. Wilke
acrylic on canvas, 20 x 24"
$150.00 each/$275.00 for the pair
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