The Studies for Kinêm(a)nima are acrylic paintings on a small format, either on cotton canvas (10x10cm), or on photographic paper (10x15cm format).

These small paintings are preliminary explorations of the techniques used for the painting Kinêm(a)nima, notably the bipolarity of colours (black and white), the undulatory texture made with Gesso, as well as a work on movement and line fluidity.

White Gesso; pouring medium; acrylic paintings (black, white); palette knife; cotton canvas 10x10cm (series 1: paintings 1 to 4) and photographic paper 10x15cm (series 2: paintings 5 to 7).

Clara Maïda, August 2021