Artwork by Lisa Fulton: laundry room

Showing posts with label laundry room. Show all posts

Washer and Dryer on burlap

Washer and Dryer painted on jute, the material used for gunny sacks.

I like the corroded effect.

acrylics and inks, varnished with a thin layer of epoxy resin

20" x 13"

Washer and Dryer in the Sky

Ethereal, Celestial

acrylics and inks on canvas

16" x 15"

Laundromat on jute #2

Laundromat painted on burlap.

acrylics and inks

23" x 16"

Laundromat ~ mixed media

Clothes dryers in a row at the Laundromat

mixed media: fabrics, acrylics, inks

19" x 11"

Laundromat on burlap

A row of dryers in a laundromat

painted with acrylics and inks on rough jute

25" x 18"

Iron painted on jute

Steam Iron ~ ironing day

oil paints on burlap, 12" x 12.5"

Clothes Dryer painted on a burlap surface

I painted this clothes dryer on jute, also known as burlap, the coarse material used to make gunny sacks. I wanted to see how acrylic paints would look on a very very rough surface. The initial result (above) was disappointing; even over a couple coats of gesso, the paint sank deep into the substrate and looked washed out, dull. A coat of varnish didn't help much. I actually put it aside for many months. Then I had an idea: try coating it with epoxy resin, rolled out thin. It popped. All the elements came together in a satisfying way - the rough, rudimentary substrate, the candy-hued paints, the las-vegas-gloss on the bumpy texture.

Unfortunately, photographs taken after the epoxy resin coating don't turn out well, because of the glare. See next photo - looks darker and harsher than the real thing.

I mounted it on a black board, keeping the jute edges a bit rough, and letting the black backing show through the holes left scattered cross the painting.

The following photos give an idea - but I hope I can figure out how to photograph future paintings on jute to do them justice.