Carol-Ann Michaelson
Ontario
have always loved texture. In my earlier clay work, in my jewellery and now in my paintings, there has always been the element of layering . It is a major reason I work with oil and cold wax medium now. My tools- squeegies, palette knives and brayers, help me to create these surfaces. This combination of materials allows me to build up colour and thick and juicy texture.
Scraping back through layers of translucent paint to reveal a subtle history, and a mystery creates a luminous and nuanced surface that excites me. I love surprises in both my non-representational and my abstracted landscapes.