Kevin Atkinson; South African 1939-2007; Untitled No.1
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Notes : "Atkinson explained that he made preliminary sketches, meticulously measuring the composition on the canvases. They were placed horizontally on trestles, and areas demarcated with masking tape before applying the paint; he worked on at least three paintings at a time, because ideas complemented each other. He was delving into 'the underlying laws that interrelate colours, light, tone and shape and to create the right composition, using these laws' (South African Jewish Times, 4 August 1967). To achieve this, impeccable execution and numerous permutations and combinations of colours were required. Fast-drying acrylic paint, which had become commercially available in the 1950s, made this technique possible.'1 1. Marylin Martin (ed) (2022) Kevin Atkinson Art and Life, Noordhoek: The Kevin and Patricia Atkinson Trust, page 78.
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