The Paintings of Peter Stolvoort  process

 
January, 2008

With my paintings, I try to convey an emotion, a moment in time, a feeling, and/or a memory. While painting, I will to tap into the very inner core of my being so that the works have soul, movement, and life within them.

Following a rough sketch and/or concept I will premix all my colors, working with an overall basic color palate or theme and then adding accent colors as I go, both in color intensity and value.

The canvases I use are gallery wrapped, which means that the canvas goes all way around the stretcher strips and is stapled on the back. I will prepaint the entire canvas with an overall color or, at times, I'll paint a rough under-painting. I will then let that dry. After a few days of drying, I will start painting by poring copious amount of wet paint onto the canvas. I will add more paint by dipping a large brush into a very fluid mix of paints. Then by using a pallet knife, the brush, and the simple movement of the canvas, I move layer upon layer upon layer into a woven stream of color, light and reflection into the desired composition… all the while pushing the paint over the edges so the entire canvas is covered in paint.