ABOUT

A Fine Art graduate from the Northern School of Art, Sulley’s practice is about the process of painting itself and ‘palimpsest’ – the visual history of the artwork through the non-representational marks left behind. This is typically done within the paintings by layering acrylic paint and sometimes emulsion with wooden blocks, palette knives, sponges, cardboard, and paintbrushes to cover the canvas in abstract marks using a variety of different colours, with the painting becoming more textural the more layers are applied. Masking tape is gradually applied during the process to block layers from newer marks in order to show palimpsest strongly in presenting the contrast between layers in the art’s journey. The paint build-up on both the blocks and the masking tape present this palimpsest similarly to the canvas works, communicating with these paintings as well as become artworks in their own regard.