So, everyone is wanting to know: what is your new “mystery medium”? What can you share with us about how you create your beautifully vibrant abstracts?
Demian: Well, the short answer is abstract macro photography, hybridized with traditional painting using acrylics, watercolors, and whatnot. I apply these painted media on what I call a screen, often film paper or plastic, and then I spend ridiculous amounts of time finding the perfect field to capture a photographic image. This image is then transferred to panel. Many people don’t realize that the photographed field is often less than an inch square when they look at the wall art. On some of the final works I will add further layers of paint, or use chips of diamonds, meteorite dust, rose quartz or other minerals, some gold leaf, or whatever lends itself to the piece.
