Paradise Island 96 x 48″ photo: AndyWainwright.com
Artist Martin Kline paints on actual canvas service hammocks, some dating back to WWII, that he’s collected over the years. He mounts them on panels, then layers them with encaustic, collage and objects, such as fishing sinkers, ropes and nets that also go with leisure life.
The panels are charged with color, systems of patterns and textures, conjuring different notions and meaning in every viewer. Showcased alongside the paintings will be totems and baseball bats cast in bronze – objects that can also be associated with leisure, work, or even violence, Heather Gaudio Fine Art says in notes for the exhibition (to April 27)
Martin Kline, Secret Society (Detail) 96 x 48″
Tantric Dream (Detail) photo: AndyWainwright.com
Exhibition page, here.
Martin Kline website, here.
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I’ve always loved hammocks. It had not even occurred to me that there would be “designer” hammocks — these are beautiful!
I am with you on that one. I had also never heard of this, but it just goes to show you how the creative process works.
Absolutely, keep sharing. I’m always smiling at what you share!
texture’s everything!
Absolutely true, and this works so well with the encaustic.