Painting Texture and Surface

Glenn Hirsch

Smearing, like butter on toast

Flat, minimal and smooth

Double-Loading and SMEARING 2 COLORS TOGETHER

Thin LINES

hard edged PATTERNS

Press and lift, use the TENSION of the blade

SCRATCHING and scraping

Change the PRESSURE of your hand, create thick and thin in flowing motion

Vincent used painting knives as well as brushes to create texture in his work.

Vincent often worked-out his painting knife strokes in separate ink drawings like this.

This artist is working exclusively with a variety of painting knives(Eddie Fitzgerald)

This painting has sand mixed into the paint which adds a ‘gritty’ texture both to the paint and to the meaning of this ‘funereal rite.’ (David Miller)

Tom O’Neill

Tom O’Neill

Tom O’Neill

Tom O’Neill

Tom O’Neill

Tom O’Neill

Tom O’Neill