This past week I’ve tried to evoke the sense of the weightiness of the earth and added heaviness and textures to the bottom segments. The clay and shale segments have added particles (soil enhancements), which drip with the water, and the granite segment has linear elements separating its coarse grains. I wanted each layer to feel representative of both the material itself and express how the water and what it carries might flow through it. The subsoil clay is softer and wet throughout; the shale is more horizontal with places for the water to rest; the granite is composed of mixed and lighter colored rock; and lastly, the gneiss is hard and foliated containing dark and light bands.
I’m surprised at how much I’ve leaned on the incorporation of architectural drafting standards to propel the painting. This incorporation has tapped into a 2D/3D representation quest of how to convey as much information two-dimensionally using generally accepted architectural standards and the more evocative nature of painting.
