Ben Lord : Fine Art: Studio Observation Paintings

The drawings, from which these paintings were inspired, were all completed sitting in the studio space. The compositions were constructed and altered by placing objects within the frame, such as: hanging canvas, paint-covered overalls and "the artists chair".

The intention of the paintings was to was to further explore the relationship between colour balance and composition. This took the form of initiating the painting process with carefully constructed grounds from various coloured household emulsion paints. This experimentation produced success to varying degrees, with the backgrounds with a higher tonal register (lighter colours) creating a better surface to build on top of.