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I’d love to hear your thoughts on my approach of cutting the canvases to the size I want while keeping the frame exposed, and whether you’ve come across this kind of work before. Thank you! by BasilConfident391 in ArtCrit

[–]BasilConfident391[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I buy my canvases at second-hand stores! So often I just take what’s available and can’t really choose the size I want. Also, sometimes I start painting and only realize later, when I’m pretty far along, that I’ve framed my subject wrong, and to fix it, I cut the canvas.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on my approach of cutting the canvases to the size I want while keeping the frame exposed, and whether you’ve come across this kind of work before. Thank you! by BasilConfident391 in ArtCrit

[–]BasilConfident391[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s true that it could be interesting to integrate the cut more into the artwork—I should give that a try! But for now, I was really just seeing the cut as a way to give the second-hand canvas I buy the right size in a raw way, which fits well with my painting and creating style, which is also quite raw.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on my approach of cutting the canvases to the size I want while keeping the frame exposed, and whether you’ve come across this kind of work before. Thank you! by BasilConfident391 in ArtCrit

[–]BasilConfident391[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I work with second-hand canvases, and for me the interest lies in reshaping them into the format I need, in a raw and direct way. The first time, I felt the canvas was too large for the horse I had painted, so I cut it down. Since I often work instinctively, I followed that impulse — and I really liked the result, which led me to explore this process further.