Phenomena - Floor Print 1/16

This painting is from a series of 16 paintings that I made by printing off of the studio floor. Over the last few months I have noticed that the ink and water that flowed off the surface of my paintings ended up creating interesting effects on the back side of my paintings. In order to capture this effect I started placing unpainted surfaces next to the paintings I was actively working on. When this didn’t quite pan out, I decided to get more direct by pouring ink and water on the ground and then laying sheets of yupo paper directly on top of the mess. After a period of time I flipped the paper over and then added to it. This is the process I used to create 3 of the paintings I will be showing in my thesis show.