Layered transparency art

Untitled Drawing (2013) - Ink on tracing paper

Layering acrylic on transparent sheets, the ghostly work of David Spriggs towers over viewers. The artist places painted subjects inside these creations, from from varying figures to more celestial bodies. A view from behind works such as “In Utero II” shows how the illusionary quality of the installations carries to different perspectives.

Initial approach to overlaying and overlapping acetate drawings with the black and white photographs I developed in the darkroom. Abstracting further from using the acetate as a lens filter, there …

Robert Rauschenberg. Shades. 1964. Multiple with six lithographs on plexiglass panels: one mounted permanently and five interchangeably in a slotted aluminum frame, and illuminated by an intermittent light bulb. composition (each, irreg.): 14 x 14" (35.5 x 35.5 cm); other (panel): 14 x 14" (35.5 x 35.5 cm); other (box): 15 1/8 x 14 1/2 x 11 3/4" (38.4 x 36.8 x 29.9 cm). Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, New York. Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, New York. Gift of the…

Postcards: The postcards that draw to me the most are the ones that have people’s letters on the back. The colours and places are aesthetically pleasing, so I repurpose them as wall decorations, but the most interesting part to me is the writing, how much people have cared to write to someone else but it has…

Layered Perspex skull