“Pen Blow 55”, 2009. Ball point pen and resin on panel.

Well this is just a little bit insane… and very beautiful I might add. Shane McAdams a Brooklyn based artists who creates abstract paintings using ink extracted from ball-point pens. I love the softness of colour and tones mixed with extreme levels of precision and detail. Shane pushes the boundaries of ballpoint pen through his non-traditional approach – once the ink is extracted from the pen, he heats the liquid and mixes it with solvents. He then applies it to the surface allowing gravity, wind, and other physical forces to direct the movement of the ink.

Wow!

“Pen Blow 3”, 2008. Ball point pen and resin on panel.

“Pen Blow 62”, 2011, Ball point pen and resin on panel.

“Pen Blow 63”, 2011. Ball point pen and resin on panel.

“Pen Blow 67”, 2011. Ball point pen and resin on panel.

“Pen Blow 68”, 1997. Ball point pen and resin on panel.

“Pen Blow Hybrid (New Hampshire)”, 2009. Ball point pen, oil and epoxy on panel.

“Synthetic Landscape 13”, 2010. Ball point pen and epoxy resin on panel.

“Synthetic Landscape 31”, 2011. Ball point pen and graphite on panel.

“Synthetic Landscape 42 (White River) “, 2011. Ball point pen and graphite on panel.


[Discovered via designboom. Images © Shane McAdams.]



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