spence munsinger
artist & painter
This is the underpainting for Sunset #12. Two routes this will end up going – I’m thinking that working with the texture of the canvas I might be able to scrape away and get the translucent canvas feel of the umbrella, the changes in light behind it. The other alternative would be to layer on [...]
Acrylic on canvas painted impasto and painting knife over airbrush, Sunsets is an ongoing series. I am an Expat. Californian. These paintings come from a sense of immediate distance, of separation, of childhood for me. They are born from a clarity of color and light along warm sand and asphalt hot enough to burn the [...]
This is acrylic on canvas, 30″ x 24″ x 1.5″. see about Sunsets — spence
Sunset #8. Wind blowing through the palms at the edge of the beach in Venice, CA. see About Sunsets
A painting is very different from a photograph. I’ve read artists complaining that the images of their work don’t impact in the same way as the original painting. Nature of the medium. A photograph is a different view of the work. I take promotional and documentary photographs on film of pieces as I complete [...]
—spence
I’ve been thinking about the process of painting. I’m defining the sunset series, refining the words that describe why sunsets and where that comes from. I’m also looking for the words to explain and express and place myself as an artist. Creativity is a balance, a choosing of alternate paths of action [...]
