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Creative Research Lab

GRID - January 2006

painting by Zinser

Billy Zinser
Monster, 2006
oil, acrylic, serigraphic monotypes, canvas, linen, panel, paper
4' x 8'

I have come to focus on a major aspect inherent to painting: the brushstroke. The gesture, or expression, created by the hand and interpreted through different mechanisms is a launching pad, of sorts, for the execution of my work. My use of the word "brushstroke" loosely applies to the process of the mind's idea to create a mark, translated to the hand, then through a tool with a mixture of medium on it, finally on to the surface of the piece, the result of which is what I see as unique to the medium of painting. Through the conventional method of a paintbrush creating brushstrokes, I have intensely layered the surface of the piece. Also, through a screen and squeegee, brushstrokes were created mechanically to mimic painterly techniques. The dramatically built up surface of this piece is meant to place an emphasis on the physicality of the brushstrokes, and of the painting itself, as it is more than a flat two-dimensional window into another world, but an object in itself.