Landscape 138

by artist Theo Dapore

Stretched wrapped canvas 36 high by 18 high.

Experimental technique smearing painting with

a palette knife in long sweeping motion. The palette knife

was custom designed by the artist. It is enormous in size

compared to  standard artist equipment. Fashioned from

carbon steel the metal was cut to Theo’s specifications at a

local machine shop.  In matter of fact the artist has four

custom knives. With designs for several others yet to be made.

A ongoing joke around the studio . Theo would take a regular

palette knife and then one of his jumbo custom made knives.

Mimicking a Australian accent  say “That’s not a knife,

now that’s a knife” a play off a line in one of the Crocodile Dundee movies.

I believe the artist has every style brush  ever made. Though he

has all of the artistic equipment. He fancies using a hand full of brushes.

Most of them are cheap household painters brushes. The one in particular

most used is a three inch wide brush with tampered edges. Theo moves a  mass

amount of paint with this large brush. I can’t believe some of the small delicate

work he can do with such a large instrument.  Some paintings are painted with

this large brush exclusively other than a few small details and his signature.

Dapore’s signature is done with a quill liner brush and is large. It is incorporated into

finished piece almost as part of the design.

We will be showing some more pictures of

Theo Dapore paintings

using this technique along

with other

experimental approaches to unique artwork.