Pointillism, painting point by point and obtaining light effects without mixing in the palette, the term would be used before the use of digital monitors and pixels. Used in this crowds, painted with dabbers and acrylic paint.
QUARANTINE PAINTINGS
During the 2020 lockdown I reviewed my crowd paintings. I wanted to paint plenty of people with no distancing, crowds full of people and colour on the streets or in the water. Painting the crowds in this round shapes is also reminiscent of Petri dishes and ways of analysing, unfortunately a recurrent subject during the pandemic.
SQUARE POOL, 2020. Acrylic on canvas 50x50cm
Small oval pool, 2020. Acrylic on canvas 40x30cm
Small oval pools (40x30cm) Big oval pool (80x60cm)
Small crowd, 2020. Acrylic on round canvas, ⌀ 40cm
Square crowd, 2020. Acrylic on round canvas, 40x40cm
Crowd in dark, 2020. Acrylic on round canvas, ⌀ 50cm