Blurred Lines

Blurred Lines

"Blurred Lines" - oil on gallery wrapped canvas, 16 x 20 x 1.5.  Ready to hang.  Available here and at Artfinder.

Blurred lines - A commonly used expression to reference a situation where things are ambiguous or unclear. Sometimes meaning "to push the envelope" or test the boundaries of acceptability. - URBAN DICTIONARY

The studio is stacked with canvas and board.  All. manner of portraits, in all phases of development.  And one by one, I am systematically ruining them..

Or not.

Blurring the lines, moving the paint, distorting the features, changing the viewer's view.  There's an art to this (pun intended).  Paint does odd things, is unpredictable, has a mind of its own.  I am learning to be a good paint wrestler.

It might be a response to the world.  Or maybe a way of working through to the words I long to have.  Or just a delicious journey of destruction.

Whatever the reason, there are more to come.  And once you get started down this rabbit hole, there is no stopping.

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​About the art:  beginning with a black gesso'd canvas, loosely sketching a portrait and building the layers in oil paint.  Moving the paint with squeegee and rubber brayer, then back in with more layers of detailed definition and shadowing.  The final layer is mixed with a generous helping of Liquin to keep the paint very wet.  Moved horizontally with squeegee and wedge.

​Want to see it in action?  Head over to Instagram.com/jenjovanart for a video

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NUDGE - SHOVE
A call and response between two artists and the world.
Helaine Abramson
Lola Jovan


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