The Storm

by KC Pollak

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Price

$800

Dimensions

36.000 x 24.000 x 1.750 inches

Title

The Storm

Artist

KC Pollak

Medium

Painting - Alcohol Ink On Canvas

Description

This piece was done on a 36”x24” gallery wrapped canvas. This canvas has a stormy past all by itself. I started with a different painting and then a fire happened in my studio with a kerosene heater (be really careful with those folks!) and the wick burned unchecked for hours and hours. Consequently, I had soot filling my studio and it got everywhere. I had to throw out so many supplies and paintings. It was heartbreaking! This one I tried to save. I did my best to clean the soot off of, but it was a waste of time in terms of saving the original painting. I decided to gesso over the painting in hopes of being able to keep this very expensive canvas and creating something new with it. Did you know that gesso does not cover soot? The soot came right back through the gesso. I tried everything. You name it, it got tried. At the time I had also been commissioned to create a painting for someone and I was testing out techniques with alcohol ink on canvas. I figured this would be a good one to test on. I mean, it’s already ruined with soot, right? But what came out of this mess was a beautiful painting. Very minimalistic and dark and brooding. The soot is still very visible. It’s mostly visible as the stormy sky. Soot is not my medium of choice but in this case, it worked.

I live in the Rocky Mountains of western Colorado and this a glimpse of the San Juan range and Mt. Sneffels (one of the many peaks over 14,000 feet in elevation). Thanks so much for looking at this piece and taking the time to read all about how this one was created. It’s very much appreciated.

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June 29th, 2021

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