Maquette Paintings
WHITE ON WHITE
As stated in the overview...
Sometime in 1968 or 9, after years of dividing his major 4-by-8-foot compositions into episodic sections, as in (
1965 No.10 which is
here and
here) , Bloore shifted to single pattern, all-over concepts. At the same time he switched from the two-to-one proportion of standard issue masonite panels to a slimmer, 43 x 96" version of the "Golden Ratio." This meant cutting five inches off the long side of the hardboard sheets. Cutting the off-cuts down to yet another "Golden Ratio" of 5 x 7 inches provided the painter with quite a supply of little panels for experimentation. And the baby Bloores were born.
Facture Facture, Paint Paint
These little panels provided a field for both creative experimentation and repetitive practice, of both composition and of knife work. They are like short pieces of music: recitals of etudes, with sweet but severely bounded improvisation and virtuosic subtly varying technique.
1969, April No.1, 143 x 140mm, oil on masonite (695010455)
Private Collection,
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1969, 125x175mm, oil on masonite, (695030057), Private Collection
1969, 125x175mm, oil on masonite, (695040057), Private Collection
Showed at Art Co. in Toronto and Winchester in Victoria, both in 2003
sold in 2011 at the
Wallace Tribute Show
1969, 87 x 139mm, oil on masonite, (695050935)
1970, 125x175mm, oil on masonite, (705020057), Private Collection
1970, 118x90mm, oil on masonite, (705070054), Private Collection
sold in 2003 at the
Winchester Show
1970, 125x175mm, oil on masonite, (705100057), Private Collection
1970, 125x175mm, oil on masonite, (705110057), Private Collection,
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1970, 125x175mm, oil on masonite, (705120057), Private Collection
1970, 125x175mm, oil on masonite, (705130057)
Robert McLaughlin Gallery Collection,
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1970, 125x175mm, oil on masonite, (705150057), Private Collection,
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1971, 125x175mm, oil on masonite, (716020057), Private Collection
1971, 125x175mm, oil on masonite, (716030057), Private Collection,
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1971, 125x175mm, oil on masonite, (716050057), Private Collection
1971, 195x195mm, oil on masonite, (716090099), Private Collection
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