I'm Calling This My "White" Period

I have taken to using a new technique that uses a textured base of white. This white is made by laying down a negative that has lines drawn in it with a point. Then a layer of coloured recycled plastic is spread over the top to slowly fill out the negative spaces, in this case "white". This is then peeled back and laid flat to take the coloured layers. When dry I go back over the shapes to highlight the outlines. 

The results are stunning.

It Took Seven Years

Back in 2012 I finished a painting of a leafy canopy. It was both abstract and impressionist, and one of the pieces that formed the groundwork for my recycled plastic style of painting. Recently, I've had to reinforce it with plasterers tape and a second layer of plastic to strengthen it as it was some what brittle. I have also found the perfect frame, one of the antique Art Nouveau frames I picked up a couple of years back. It's exactly the type of frame it needed. After seven years I feel this artwork has been completed by its frame.