building up to 20 coats of very thin matt paint to achieve the same saturation as her previous works with raw acrylic pigments
While working on this project the artist is reminded of Josef Albers' statement: "There is a profound harmony in the immeasurable spectrum of color
The Halftone Paintings somewhat resemble fragmentary enlargements of this kind of image
and she has been featured on blogs
“pushing paint around with palette knives and drywall tools rather than brushes
Stem #204 Jo Hummel building up to 20 coatsCritics have connected Baribeau to a range of aesthetic positions, including everything from Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art to the 19th century Hudson River School, and compared him variously to the likes of Robert Rauschenberg, Joan Mitchell, Cy Twombly, and Willem de Kooning. In truth, Baribeau employs a distinctive aesthetic voice that is personal and instantly recognizable, despite its multiplicity. His visual world is one where primordial,