The Art of KGM
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
decalcomania - oil on board (2' x 3')
The surrealist Óscar Domínguez referred to his work as "decalcomania with no preconceived object", using gouache spread thinly on a sheet of paper (glass has been used), which is then pressed onto another surface such as a canvas.
Here I have substituted gouache with oil colour thinned with turpentine on glass with board as the pressed surface.
Surrealist automatism is a method of art-making in which the artist suppresses conscious control over the making process, allowing the unconscious mind to have great sway making use of this method through 'chance operations'.
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
decalcomania - oil on board (2' x 3')
The surrealist Óscar Domínguez referred to his work as "decalcomania with no preconceived object", using gouache spread thinly on a sheet of paper (glass has been used), which is then pressed onto another surface such as a canvas.
Here I have substituted gouache with oil colour thinned with turpentine on glass with board as the pressed surface.
Surrealist automatism is a method of art-making in which the artist suppresses conscious control over the making process, allowing the unconscious mind to have great sway making use of this method through 'chance operations'.