S T E P H E N C . W A G N E R
P A I N T I N G
Stephen C. Wagner uses the technique of reverse painting on glass with squeegees to create auras and radiant lines in his paintings. The transparent layers of color are created from acrylic pigment mixed with a plastic suspension. He uses rows of dots that create a texture when a squeegee is pulled across the surface of the glass. Metallic pigments are often added to the paint to heighten the perception of depth. Stephen states that "the fluid nature of the paint is expressed through the transparent, overlapping layers in this series. The liquid paint seems to flow across the glass, and remains as if frozen in time. The diverse depths of the paint create a variety of chromatic intensity."
Each piece is finished with a mirror backing that reflects the light back through the piece, intensifying and illuminating the colors. These glass pieces concentrate on the basic elements in art - color and line.
The square and rectangular format of these glass pieces makes them ideal to be mounted in a series of multiple units that can be arranged in innumerable compositions. This results not only in the interplay of colors within each piece, but also in the interaction of colors with the adjacent pieces.
Each piece is finished with a mirror backing that reflects the light back through the piece, intensifying and illuminating the colors. These glass pieces concentrate on the basic elements in art - color and line.
The square and rectangular format of these glass pieces makes them ideal to be mounted in a series of multiple units that can be arranged in innumerable compositions. This results not only in the interplay of colors within each piece, but also in the interaction of colors with the adjacent pieces.