A DELICATE LINE

Trial,error and trial

Move on to large square format canvas (182 x 182cm) primed with diluted PVA

Objective- to explore pictorial space without the use of colour; key influences -Agnes Martin, Max Cole and Rebecca Salter (Ref early 271 research and later Artist's i
Influence)

•  Top two thirds (approx) white applied with roller and diluted with PVA from top down - selected proportions provide 'landscape' reference

• Bottom third banded in decreasing widths towards the centre, top edge taped, lower edge loose with roller

Addition of a single line
Seeking to explore the spatial potential, place a single string vertically on the canvas
This immediately activates the space in a way which a painted line could not, redolent of the effect obtained through the 'mark making/ polyfilla' exercise (See Blog- 19/04 Mark Making - another angle)

Resolve to explore this potential.

Using string - black/white/fragmented black to introduce grid, working across the painted spatial indicators, increasing spatial ambiguity.

Observation

Major problem in resolving overall composition -strings removed and relaced on right side of canvas to achieve more baalanced composition -not entirely successful, yet to be resolved!

Subsequent discussion with visiting artist Kate Liston. She was interested in the marks made where the string had been removed - a sort of ghost of a past action. Maybe there is something in this sort of 'hidden narrative of actions'?