The Story Of This Painting.
Musicians collaborate when composing and performing music. Why not visual artists? This painting is a result of a collaboration between me and Jean Banas.
Jean and Robert
Jean Banas (
jeanbanas.com) is a fantastic non-objective abstract expressionist painter. She paints these large powerful paintings that are totally different than the tight neo-pointillist paintings I do. The process starts with me taking one of her finished paintings and attaching sheets of clear acrylic to the painting. Then I paint an image on those sheets that will harmonize with her existing painting. The idea is to have the two contrasting styles harmonize yet still have that tension created by the different styles. Kind of like jamming with a jazz musician. But instead of music it's with visual art.
In 2020 I finished a painting called "
Geisha-Woman Of Art". I thought that image would be perfect for the Jean Banas painting.
Geisha-Woman Of Art
Jean's painting before and after my addition.
Jean Banas Video
You can learn more about my journey to Pointillism here.
