Canvas Relief

[utzpa]

Don't know if I'm in the right forum, but here goes ... what is canvas relief? and examples?

[Mark St.-C]

Canvas Relief was a huge outdoor concert held last summer to raise funds for impoverished canvases (like the poor discarded fellows that Kelly has taken under his wing - see other thread.)

Actually, I guess what you probably mean by 'canvas relief' is the raised surface of paint and/or filler that is visible on many people's works. Some painters use only thin layers of paint (Ingres and his ilk considered it a sin to allow any brush strokes to be visible), but most painters allow at least some paint to draw more attention to itself by laying it down in thicker swipes - often deep enough that the gobs of paint cast noticeable shadows. Other painters go out of their way to pile heaps of paint (and other fillers to make the paint more putty-like) on their canvases, leaving what can rightly be described as 'relief' on their canvas - like low-relief sculpture.

- Stevie

[utzpa]

... lol ... thanks for the laugh, Stevie! ... and the explanation!

Jane

[C. Moreno]

Originally posted by Mark St.-C:
Actually, I guess what you probably mean by 'canvas relief' is the raised surface of paint and/or filler that is visible on many people's works. ....Other painters go out of their way to pile heaps of paint (and other fillers to make the paint more putty-like) on their canvases, leaving what can rightly be described as 'relief' on their canvas - like low-relief sculpture.

Hi Stevie,
I refer to some of my work as "canvas relief", but not because of thick paint from impasto effects (although I use that too). Instead, in some of my work I cut a form in a canvas, shape the form by folding or curling so that it becomes three-dimensional, and occasionally even support lifted portions with wiring.

A couple of examples in my site http://www.cmoreno.com are: "Toy", and "Climbing".
Toy's hands may be moved to fit within bracelet clasps or hang loose as the mood strikes. And although it does not show in the photograph, the hand of the figure "Climbing" rises above a ledge, as though reaching for the ceiling.
Clarissa

[This message has been edited by C. Moreno (edited August 15, 2000).]