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Artists- Deanna Yesko & Sam Carroll
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The following interview was held at Sam and Deanna's old studio in Sugar Loaf, New York The Interview WinePhilosopher:
Your art
crosses different mediums, what do you call it? Sam Carroll:
Well, we
refer to it mostly as painting, in the finished product it becomes a painting,
but different techniques go into it, a separation process, a temp-plate process
etc, but in the end it’s an oil painting on canvas. WP: It seems like this has never been done before. Sam: Yes, it
is a new technique that we have developed; we wanted to represent the
photographs we had taken in a paint medium so that they would be large enough to
display. WP:
How did
this technique develop? Deanna Yesko: It took us about 8 to 10 weeks to come up with the process; in the last two weeks it really came together. There was a lot of trial and error with the technique and the materials, the paint in particular. (to learn more about this technique Click here!) We keep trying to find a paint that would mix together and give us the textures we wanted. WP:
It
definitely has an effect on me, there is realism to it, yet it lets the mind
fill in allot. Some of the paintings are more distinct to me and others let my
imagination take over more. Sam:
Right! It
touches on allot of things; the camera’s lens take in an image and burns it
onto film which is represented directly in our paintings.
The finished product is not only representative of the way the camera
sees. When we look at something all the time like television or print adds we
are looking at the world the way a camera views it. Parts of the finished
painting that our eyes view as out of focus or we can’t quite make out the shapes,
then our minds will fill in those parts just like we do sub-consciously on an everyday basic.
When you are looking at something that you can’t completely make out,
your eyes and brain are forced to fill in the understated parts. WP: Tell us more about the understated parts. Sam: What we do is take the photograph, which is an image of reality, and separate it down to its tones and shapes, and then put it on canvas with texture and color. Whatever we have taken out of a photograph you fill back in with your own perceptions and then the whole thing comes together. Deanna:
It’s
kind of abstract and kind of real, for example, you can recognize something as a
person, but its left open to allot of interpretation on a personal level. People
come in and different paintings are different things to them. Sam:
The other
day someone thought that (referring to one of their paintings) was myself,
because we leave out enough information, the person in the image could represent
someone you recognize or a situation that is familiar, you get to intrepid it. WP: The colors seem to be a big part of the overall feel of
your paintings. How do you choose them, and for what reason? Sam: Well there are lots of reasons. I guess it starts off
with one of us picking a color that we happen to like, or think would work well
with one particular part of the image. Then we start to build our color scheme
off of that single color, or off of two contrasting colors. We will go up to 6
or 7 different colors in a single piece, always considering how these colors
will work together. Deanna: We sometimes try to use colors that are based on an image, some images we feel have allot of tension, and the colors should reflect this. Sam:
Depending
on the overall shapes, and the way we think the shapes play off of each other.
Some shapes are more difficult to us, so we will try to use colors that will
sort of vibrate against other colors that are more visible in the shapes of the
image. For easier shapes we might try to pick similar colors and blend them
together to make the transition from shape to shape smoother. Deanna:
Sometimes
we just come up with a color while mixing and use it because we feel it will
work well. WP:
Spontaneous
ness has to come into art somewhere, it always does. WP:
Will you do custom work, for instance, do people ever ask you to work with a
photograph that they chose? Deanna: We actually have been talking about this allot the last couple of days. As far as people given us a photograph to use, we want to try to stay away from that just because, what may be a good photograph, will not always make a good painting. Not all photographs break down well into the shapes and other elements we are looking for to create a good painting. So we are asking, if that's what people want to do, that we take the photographs and pick the image to use. Sam: We do custom work, but try to stay away from using people’s images as much as possible. What we have done for people that wanted us to make a painting of a specific subject is spend an hour or two photographing the subject. Then we can pick the photograph that has the shapes, shades, and other qualities we know will look best after they are brought in and put through the whole process of making them into a painting. We are happy the way this has been working, so far. WP:
If someone
wanted you to create a painting using certain colors, would that be possible? Sam: Yes, but
we cannot be held to an specific color. WP: Spoken like a true artist. Deanna: For example, if one was to ask for rich, deep, warm autumn-like colors we can do something like that. WP: The colors, the shapes, and the tactile effects of each painting create a feeling or an environment which allows ones own imagination and creativity to be expressed. Thank you so much for sharing this time with me, and the readers of WinePhilosopher.com. |
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