{"id":3249,"date":"2018-03-28T12:01:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T12:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3acompositesusa.com\/\/blog\/?p=3249"},"modified":"2020-02-13T02:43:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T02:43:24","slug":"renowned-london-based-cityscape-painter-experiments-with-dibond-a-painting-substrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3acompositesusa.com\/blog\/renowned-london-based-cityscape-painter-experiments-with-dibond-a-painting-substrate\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned London Based Cityscape Painter Experiments With Dibond Aluminum Composite"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Christopher
\nChristopher Farrell<\/a> is a renowned fine artist based in London. His illustrious career began after studying Visual Arts at De Montfort University and then gaining his post-graduate degree at the RA Schools. It was at the RA Schools that he received a variety of awards and an invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen to acknowledge the achievements of young people in the UK. <\/p>\n

\"Christopher
\nFrom Farringdon, 2015, Acrylic and red chalk on canvas, 90 x 131cm<\/p>\n

Considering himself a semi-abstract figurative cityscape painter, his colorful works don\u2019t depict a singular object but instead feature a place, a city, an urban locality. Farrell describes, \u201cI want to make painting inspired by the city, using its space, structure and dynamics to create a contemporary vision of urban life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Farrell explains, \u201cI started off as a landscape painter, painting plain-air around the hills of Leicester, over time and especially while living in London, geometric shapes and architectural forms started to creep in to my work, the paintings were a hybrid of natural and man-made forms, eventually architecture took over.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Christopher
\nSaint Paul’s, 2011, Acrylic on linen, 91 x 31cm<\/p>\n

Interestingly, and not obvious by his attention to detail and spatial awareness, Farrell has no background in architecture. Hard to believe that an artist with no formal architectural training could depict a city\u2019s form in such detail, noting only that his pet peeve is \u201cwobbly buildings.\u201d His works are a unique combination of abstract painting over architectural renderings, with thin lines observed under thick brush strokes.<\/p>\n

\"Christopher
\nBinary Space, 2017, Oil and acrylic on copper, 30 x 45cm<\/p>\n

For years Farrell has experimented with substrates first utilizing the most traditional, canvas, he describes its tedious nature having to prime the material around 8 times before sanding it down. Moving to Perspex he found it was too prone to scratching and poor adhesion. From there he discovered natural metals as a substrate using copper but found after years of use, although it had numerous useful qualities, its weight for large scale works became an issue.<\/p>\n

\"Christopher
\nTest 40x50cm Dibond aluminum composite panel using Golden Acrylics (GAC200)<\/p>\n

\u201cI discovered Dibond around a month ago, so all my experiences are new. My first impression is how light and rigid it is. I initially bought Dibond as a rigid support for some Polyester Draft Film studies (which is a bit like transfer paper) I was working on. But, as Dibond is so smooth and light I would not resist trying to paint on it. Using Dibond or ACM as a substrate for my cityscape painting also adds to the meaning of my work as a lot of contemporary buildings use this material as decorative cladding as well as steel and glass,\u201d Farrell describes.<\/p>\n

As Dibond is a new substrate for Farrell he is currently experimenting with a variety of painting techniques to determine consistency. We are very much looking forward to his large-scale works and are following the artist closely.<\/p>\n

ARTIST RESOURCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

For oil on Dibond aluminum composite panel, each artist has their own process for prep, paint and coating the product.<\/p>\n

Below are Christopher Farrell\u2019s how-to notations:<\/p>\n

To prep the surface I gently sand down with very fine sandpaper, I then clean the surface with methylated spirits. When this is dry I use a polymer product from Golden called GAC200 which is designed to aid adhesion of the acrylics on non-porous rigid surfaces. I haven’t tried the fixative spray yet out of respect for others in my studio as it has a very strong smell. The GAC200 needs to be fully dry before painting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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