HW5.2.1 Scanography Artist Research: Rebecca Wild

Rebecca Wild is an artist that combines traditional art media and digital art media.  She uses her childhood passion for painting as inspiration for her work with scanners.  Wild paints directly onto the scanner bed while she uses heavy-duty tape to ensure that the paint does not leak into the scanner.  She is particularly interested in liquids; how liquids interact with each other and how liquids are an integral part of human existence.   Therefore, she often mixes paint with water or oils on the scanner bed in order to create a more fluid appearance.  Her work may look spontaneous, but she actually uses syringes to precisely apply the paint to the scanner bed.  She also adds a layer of glass to many of her works to seal the paint to the scanner bed and create air bubbles.  Additional layers of paint can be added on top of the glass panes to create depth.  Her work relies on the fluid, watery nature of the paint.  Without the immediate use of the scanner, the paint would eventually dry and the work would be changed forever.

Syringe Paint Application

Before Glass Plane

Glass Plane

After Glass Plane

Sources:
http://www.scannography.org/artists/Wild-Bex.html
http://www.scannography.org/tips/Bex-Wild-tips.html