Kim Krause uses dramatic techniques in his studio to reveal traces of his artistic process over time. Not many painters would douse their work with paint thinner at the end of the day, but Krause does this to purposely eliminate some, but not all, of what was accomplished on canvas during his last session. By using agents like paint thinner and techniques like scarping his paintings with a drywall knife, Krause’s art work shows the stages of his painting in a unique and interesting way.

You may be surprised to learn that these techniques are not new at all, and that it was a common practice of the earliest oil painters to use solvents to attempt to remove all traces of brush work. The Artist’s Magazine has a feature this month on Krause and the techniques he uses to reveal his artistic processes called Time Turning. You can read the article for free on Coverleaf.com, and preview The Artist’s Magazine and a host of other digital editions of popular magazines on the new Coverleaf service. Just click on the image below to explore this article on Coverleaf.

Look Inside >> November 2008