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All artists are immersed in
their art. David Schluss, however has taken this
involvement to new heights, with the special
technique he has created. His bare hands are the
paintbrushes, and his body and soul change his work,
flowing onto the canvas through his fingertips. The
artistic ideas he aspires to convey are actually a
flow of his thought waves through his hands and
fingertips, which mix and condense the colors with
their circular motions until taking upon their final
form on the canvas.
This intimate use of his fingertips enables Schluss
to create the overpowering warmth and directness
that is so evident in his paintings. Every gesture
of the hand and finger constitutes a presence, and
every contour continues the movement of the artist's
body.
"Most artists make a
practice "sketch" of the image they are creating
before the final composition. This is not how I
work. My images come straight from my imagination
and exit through my fingertips onto the canvas. I
feel the painting as I am creating it and figures
emerge almost arbitrarily. It's as though the
dancers and musicians have a life of their own,
finding their right place into the flow of my
paintings".
David Schluss |
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