This painting (acrylic on canvas) originally measured 50 x 70 centimetres,
It was worked with palette knives and a glue comb.
The style is abstract and surreal/futuristic.
Technically, grattage (literally: scraping) has been applied. To be precise: grattage with a palette knife in the still wet paint. In the process, the top layer is partly removed, revealing the underlying layer. This creates organic (or: biomorphic) forms but also sharp, taut lines. Fine transitions and nuances are created in the colour/colours.
Grattage was invented and applied in the middle of the last century by Joan Miró, Antonio Saura and Max Ernst, among others. The technique is characteristic of movements such as Futurism, Cubism and Surrealism.
This painting is titled: ''Fuge'' and refers to J.S. Bach's fuges (die Kunst der Fuge). Fuges are musical variations on a single theme. In the painting, we see long, flowing lines that stand for melody. The short, sharp shapes stand for staccato and rhythm.
The repetition of shapes (as is common in Futurism) depicts movement (speed) and sound (waves)...
I am Auke de Jong (male, born 1953, married) and live in Hellevoetsluis (the Netherlands). I am also regularly in Hungary (in Mágocs), where we have a second home. As far as I know, I have been drawing and painting since my earliest childhood; later also.. Read more…