Tear

Three vertical slabs of pigment laid down with a palette knife — a black tear on the left, an ochre one right of centre, a thin crimson sliver between them — all rising out of a mottled dark olive ground.

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Three vertical slabs of pigment laid down with a palette knife — a black tear on the left, an ochre one right of centre, a thin crimson sliver between them — all rising out of a mottled dark olive ground. The edges are ragged where the knife dragged through wet paint. I wanted the feel of something cleaved open. Looks heavy in person. Impasto thick enough to throw small shadows when the light is low.