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Chapter 2<br />

Painting Background<br />

I think you have to c<strong>on</strong>trol the materials to an extent, but it’s important to let the<br />

materials have a kind of power for themselves.<br />

2.1 Compositi<strong>on</strong> of a Painting<br />

-Keith Haring<br />

In its basic form, a painting is a painted image <strong>on</strong> a surface. Comm<strong>on</strong>ly, a painting<br />

serves as a material object, viewed hanging against a wall. The resulting colors are<br />

from the depositi<strong>on</strong> of paint strokes in a certain order <strong>on</strong>to a surface, usually via a<br />

brush. Unbeknownst to the viewer, there are many layers of preparati<strong>on</strong> that <strong>on</strong>e<br />

must impart to the surface before it is ready to be worked <strong>on</strong>. Within the painting,<br />

the skill of the artist dictates c<strong>on</strong>trol over a viewer’s experience of a work, since<br />

despite the visual <strong>and</strong> ic<strong>on</strong>ographic complexities that <strong>on</strong>e associates with the work,<br />

it is still an image made from paint [TM00]. This fact is some<strong>time</strong>s overlooked<br />

since digital reproducti<strong>on</strong>s of artwork distort our sense of scale, materials, <strong>and</strong><br />

topology of the work. Therefore, a painting is more than just an image; it is a<br />

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