John Meng-Frecker is literally reflected in the art here, because the resin surface is reflective like glass. I think that art is all about light. We wouldn’t see color without light. Shadows wouldn’t be cast without light, and form could not be understood without shadow and light. Color travels to our eyes on waves of light! Objects absorb all but the color they reflect. Now put a stained glass window or a resin art painting between your eyes and the light. Transparency. I love to see how colors interact when overlayed with the same of different colors. You can see depth and detail and the brightest quality of an artwork that is exposed in this way. Light will help bring out the beauty in that color overlay or adjacent relatioship. This is why I love watercolor painting so much. Watercolor is transparent and depends upon the white of the paper to bring out the best. Now take that a step further with resin. Colored resin can be extremely transparent, and if a light shines through it… Wow!
Resin Art Painting
My process to create illuminated resin art paintings has many steps. Here you can see the liquid resin poured into segregated areas of color. Underneath this layer is the previous layer of yellow rays of the sun. The black lines are guide lines for construction; they won’t appear in the final art work. I love the clarity and transparency of resin, which is enhanced by the back lighting of the finished painting. Geometry is very important to pattern construction. The location of the outside of the frame plays an important role in the composition.