I aspire to create a painting that is similar to that of the paintings of Gerhard Richter's series titled "Cage." I plan on working in the manner and using the same techniques of Richter in his abstract works, using a squeegee (or some straight edge for spreading) and a knife to add and subtract paint to create a texture that draws a viewer to my piece. I am looking to build up many layers through non representational painting because through the process of extensive layering I find that I can create the illusion of space.
I find that because of the importance of the colors I will be using, I must create a large palette because of the minimal amount of color I will be using. I am planning on having my lower layers be more colorful, but have these colors layered over by a white/grayish shade. I will then remove some of this layer of shades to show the colors through the shade layer.
Here are some examples of my work using the spreading technique which I plan to use. Of course, I am planning on having many more layers on my "final":
I aspire for my composition to have a very smooth center, and that I want to concentrate most of the color and texture along the edges of my piece. I am also planning on using mostly horizontal and vertical strokes.
