Work · 05

Wave

A single brushstroke, laid in one pass, running the width of a wall.

There is no second attempt with a stroke this size. The paint is mixed, the scaffold is set, and the whole gesture happens in a few seconds. What is on the wall is the first and only one.

A painted disc sits across it in deep blue — the one piece of flat colour in a room that is otherwise all gesture.

Medium: Ink, with a painted disc
Surface: Plaster, painted white
Scope: One wall
Finish: Matt

The finished wall

The finished black brushstroke sweeping across a white wall — One pass. The dry edges are the speed of the stroke.

The painted blue disc beside the finished stroke — The disc, painted separately and set against it.

How it was made

Concept visualisation of the living room with the stroke and blue disc — ConceptConcept visualisation of the room.

Second concept view showing the disc above the seating — ConceptThe disc placed above the seating.

Daniel setting up and testing before the stroke — Mixing and testing. Everything happens before the stroke.

Working at the lit panel in the dark — Late, under a work light.

The stroke being laid across the wall — The stroke, going on.

A hand carrying the brush along the wall — Carrying the brush out to the end of the line.

The finished stroke with scaffolding still in the room — Scaffold still up, stroke finished.

Working from the scaffold at the far end of the wall — The far end, from the scaffold.

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