Starting with an Ampersand Claybord panel and a luan board shaped on a table saw I’m able to easily create an organic edge with different substrate qualities. The hard white surface of Ampersand Claybord accepts paint very differently than the wood grain of luan. Multiple textures are also created with collaged canvas and dried Golden Acrylic paints and gels in addition to a variety of fresh paint, gels and metallic pigments. My intent is to create a complex surface that engages and perhaps surprises the eye without losing the underlying necessary structure of a completed work.
– Lauren Olitski
