Barry Camps
LandE scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
through a shrinking proces. Varnish or lacker which you put on thick will shrink. I also use the layer underneath to stimulate the shrinking proces. If the layer underneath is not dried out completely it will react on the paint you put on it. Like I said i use a lot of different paints. Oil paint, in my opinion, is very nice to use thick. It will show all the little color nuances in a brushstroke and stays like you put it on. I sometimes use that for my final layer to add some more texture and depth. Colors I choose very intuitively, I don’ t have to think about it that much anymore, it comes very natural. In the early days I was very much obsessed by getting the right colors, now I just get them. They appear. It also has got to do with the layers. I start very bright and layer by layer I choose different colors or brightness.
You draw a lot from natural and urban environment and the landscapes that you paint never play the mere role of backgrounds: how would you define the relationship between environment and your work?
I choose not to use people in my work as a subject. The environment becomes the main theme. By not showing people in my paintings you don’ t get a feeling of measurement. My paintings are physical small, but give you the feeling of beeing immense. The viewer is the main character in a huge universe which
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