I haven’t seen any of Kolor Fall’s work before, but I’m liking this one. The comment line says original acrylic - 30×40″, but what you see in Second Life is more than just a photograph of an RL canvas. Between Waves is made of three prims, and they move and flex slightly; it is a Second Life version of how one creates depth on canvas by layering paint, sometimes thickly so it stands off the canvas. The notecard available from the dispenser near the work says this about the artist and his technique:
“Kolor Fall (www.patrickfaith.com) is a emerging artist in both RL and SL. His RL paintings are centered in touch, where Patrick dips his hands directly into pigments and interacts with the canvas in layers of tension. As layer’s complete, he evaluates his connection with the canvas - weighing spiritual,sensual and natural. Kolor takes the RL paintings then uploads them into SL.”
Kolor Fall placed this work next to Robin Moore’s latest shadowbox work. I liked the juxtaposition, as both artists have been exploring ways to create depth in virtual space.
I think this layering is a good idea, but simply using strata is a little too collage-y. Do you think that perhaps using the painted textures with progressive transparencies made from a grayscale of the texture, feathered out to get rid of the prim edge might preserve the “object” as a painting, but give it more depth that people are looking for?
Left by patlichty on July 30th, 2008