Mark Holden Scraped Paintings from 1994

These paintings were painted , then scraped down with a chisel to the underlayers as an experiment.  They turned out quite beautiful.  In some cases I added additional paintstrokes after the scraping.  They reminded me of memory.  How you often forget a face remembering only the fuzzy parts of the image in your mind.  They also kind of turned out looking like rag dolls.

"Scraped 1", c.1994, guache, charcoal and oil on board, approx. 2' x 1'

"Scraped3", 1994, guache, oil and charcoal on board, approx. 2-1/2' x 1-1/2'

"Scraped 2", c. 1994, guache, charcoal and oil on board, approx. 2-1/2' x 1-1/2'

"Scraped 4", c.1994, guache oil and charcoal on board, 2-1/2' x 1-1/2'

"Scraped 5", c. 1994, guache oil and charcoal on board, approx. 2-1/2' x 1-1/2'