Mosaic - An Intuitive Mixed Media Painting
Hi everybody, Today, I would like to tell you a bit more about one of my most recent intuitive mixed media paintings called Mosaic . It is both inspired by Antoni Gaudi's Trencadis and Japanese Kintsugi art. Mosaic, Acrylics, Paint Pens and Paper Collage on Paper, 19cm x 28cm, Intuitive Mixed Media Painting I passed though Barcelona while visiting the highlights of Spain in 1995 and immediately fell in love with what I perceived as fairy houses sparkling with subtle colors, designed by an architect named Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926). In 2000 I spent more time in Barcelona while studying Art History and Archaeology at university. The focus of that trip was art and architecture so I got to take a closer look at my magical fairy houses. I was quite surprised that the effect was achieved by cementing together a variety of shapes and colors with little pieces of broken china. This technique that might be centuries old that Gaudi revived is called Trencadis. Gaudi...