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Co Westerik
Baby, 2010
To paint in as measured a fashion as possible, Co Westerik decided to work with tempera, a 14th-century technique: powdered pigments mixed with egg yolk and water. Tempera has a velvety matt appearance and dries faster than oil paint. Instead of applying the paint spontaneously and thickly, you have
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to brush the paint thinly and graphically. Layer upon layer. Here Westerik also added oil paint and alkyd (polymeric synthetic resin). The delicate technique dovetails seamlessly with his frail human subjects, such as weathered hands supporting an infant.
Text: Chris Reinewald
From: Museum MORE: 100 jaar realisme, 2020, Gorssel
Artist
Co Westerik
Title
Baby
Year
2010
Technique
Tempera, oil and alkyd on canvas
Size
60 x 90 cm (h x w)
Type of object
Painting
Copyright
© Pictoright
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