By
Db Waterman
Piece description from the artist
The beach landscape 'THESE DAYS' , painted on a large canvas using a Mixed Media technique, is about a fleeting summer moment – an image from the past, a childhood memory.
Two children, rendered in monochrome colours, run barefoot through sunlit dunes towards a row of seagulls in the distance. The contrast between their grey tones and the warm, golden yellow beach evokes a nostalgic, almost melancholic feeling, like an old photograph found in a drawer from the past summer
This unique artwork combines traditional painting techniques with textural work, characteristic of db Waterman's mixed media approach. Scratches, splashes and layered surfaces give the landscape a tangible sense of weathering – a reflection of how time distorts even our happiest memories.
I assemble original photography, assorted papers, acrylics, oil, charcoal, ink, and pencil in my works. The variety of resources I am able to use has proved indispensable to me. The biggest challenge the collage medium posed was its unforgiving lack of transparency. Finding a way to replicate the effects of transparency afforded by paint, especially watercolors, was a large victory for me. The preparing labor shows through in my collages; layer upon layer of material remains visible in the finished pieces. I believe my body of work is characterized by my skill for reinvention. Having always loved the appearance of weathered walls plastered with peeling paint and old posters, I revive this aesthetic with hopefully a keen and professional eye. The creative objective of my work is to “make something beautiful out of dilapidation.” My tableaus explore the dissonance between old and new materials, intertwined in the most beautiful way possible to create dreamlike and melancholy images.
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