The fun part about painting on metal: it can do things traditional canvas can't. Recently, I've been experimenting with chemical reactions, a technique I'm calling Salt and Light...
Illuminators of the renaissance used gold and silver to enhance illustrated bibles and religious texts, an art style called illumination. Today I use metal, primarily brass, as a “canvas” using the metal to accent scenes painted in oil and acrylic. The metal surface gives my work an animating effect. I call this technique illuminated brass in homage to the master artists of the past...
