Pond, No.16 'VERSO' by BarbaraHouston ArtStudio

Pond No.16; VERSO: painting first in reverse (see other photo of back) then turned over, restretched and finished.

BarbaraHouston ArtStudio

Pond, No.16 'VERSO'

Acrylic, archival ink + Japanese graphite on Belgian linen

10 x 10 x 0.75 in (25.4 x 25.4 x 1.91 cm)

Signature: Barbara Houston BHSTN-Year-Sequence 24786=numerical version of BHSTN 24=2024 10=tenth signed painting completed in the year

Inv: 24786-24-16

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VERSO are painted firstly in the reverse by pressing pigmented gesso through the linen. Once the reverse layers are established, the linen is removed and restretched in the direct orientation. A second painting is done on the front canvas enhancing the layers and pigments that were initially pressed through the linen. Materiality + process with paint and linen given agency.

The outcome is an ethereal, dream like haze of very familiar landmarks found along the Bonavista peninsula.

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