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Allan K. Davidson |
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| Below is one page from Allan's book about painting, now in progress. |
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To Contact artist by email, click
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| Painting An original painting is different than a print, no matter how well the print is manufactured. Whether the original is scanned or photographed and the negative is scanned, or if it is a lithograph or a giclee, there are elements in an original that can only be seen up close. Original paintings follow a similar path only in technique and process. No two paintings could ever be identical. The image is first drawn onto the canvas lightly using a pencil, then half-erased, leaving only the most basic shapes to be painted in. Once painted, all the pencil lines seem to be erased or obscured. However, remnants of the original sketch can be detected, even though the finer pencil lines may have been lost in the process. Ghosts of the artist’s fingerprints remain, absorbed into the blank canvas as the artist worked for hours or days, visualizing, sketching, painting, living with it. The painting may then have hung on his wall for years before being shown and sold. Each painting represents a time that is personal in the artist’s life. There is only one original, one that the artist struggled to produce, one from which he may have learned something that changed every painting from that time on. If you look closely, you may find defining pieces of the artist hidden in each painting, sometimes more felt than seen. Once the painting begins, all details, shapes and shadows will be painted using the airbrush, even the finest of line or texture. The original idea for the painting may come from a photo or a live model, but the painting is created from combinations of dozens of techniques to create a far more interesting image than just a single photograph. In a photograph, we are limited by light and dark and reality. When painting, an artist is only limited by skill, talent, experience, and imagination. With all the education one may receive, the only place to learn to paint is in front of an easel. The black and white paintings are created using three tones of grey in varying shades of grey. The lightest grey is a transparent grey which is used first to paint the entire picture as if no other paints would be used. Next, the second paint is introduced which is a transparent black and is used to transition between the lightest grey and the darkest paint which is used third. This third paint is transparent black mixed with an opaque black pigment to create a semi-opaque or barely-transparent black. The process is mostly a light to dark, but at the end of the painting, the three tones are used as changes are needed. |
Protection: After I have painted and signed the originals, they are sprayed with varnish with multiple coats to prevent water damage and to make it possible to lightly dust the image. The varnish I use contains ultra violet light filters and stabilizers that provide archival protection, which also reduces light damage. The varnish is sprayed in horizontal and vertical directions, which is the accepted procedure. In addition, we also spray diagonally. The edges are also sprayed to protect the most vulnerable areas. Celebrity autographs: Celebrities will see a painting of themselves that they like and will autograph that original. Often, they will generously sign a couple empty canvases for that artist so the artist can then paint the celebrity’s image on those blank signed canvases. Sometimes a celebritiy will be impressed with a rendition of a fellow celebrity and will sign empty canvases so the artist can paint his image. Allan Davidson will be offering many of his Original paintings in the months ahead. He is reorganizing his family-run production studio and realizing his dream of moving his residence to a sailboat. See list of available Originals, to which will be added more names in the future. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Allan Davidson by email: painting@allandavidson.com If you want Allan to call you, leave your number on your email. Be patient about phoning. Davidson works 12 to 18 hour days and usually responds to callers at a time that fits into his schedule. |
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see his commentary about painting each Original-Autographed Image presented
in this website, CLICK HERE |
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