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Art Canadian

Name Paintings

Gary Spearin

with Linda Jansma, Linda Sawchyn & Joanne Marion

Publisher
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
Initial publish date
Jan 2003
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780921500803
    Publish Date
    Jan 2003
    List Price
    $12

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Gary Spearin's art unites binary conditions in both its process and concepts. He employs additive and subtractive methods on his canvases, leaving traces of an action. As many as fifty different tubes of colours are mixed directly on a canvas, creating a mirage of colours that are opaque and dense with texture. The combing technique pulls paint off the canvas, leaving layers of transparent residue. The evolution of the painting takes place directly on the canvas and is not reworked. Writer: Ihor Holubizky.

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