As artists become more proficient they find there is a lot of interest created by their brush strokes. Acrylic and oil based media are commonly used where brush strokes are intentionally left alone, not smoothed over, “unmolested” as Frank Webb puts it.
One place to see good brush strokes is in the art work of Jason Emry, an oil painter, currently showing at the Manifest Art Gallery in Niwot, CO.
And one can see artwork there which does not depend on brush strokes in any way whatsoever. Those are the images created by “sticker-artist”, Barry Snyder. Snyder’s work is composed entirely of PLU labels peeled from grocery store produce and sent to him by his many admirers.
A classic piece of abstract artist Diane Goldenstein show a bold use of brush strokes to develop her images:
Dianes Brush Strokes
So watch what you are doing and especially look for those artistic, right brained brush strokes which usually tell a story of their own and add tremendous interest to your paintings.
Arty
Ron Smalley
