What is "Surface Intensity?"

John Smoltz by Paulson

"Surface Intensity" is an old Master Artist technique that refers to fluidity and richness of the paint, thickly applied and boldly executed with a palet-knife and with daring, thick brushwork in the spirit of the artist Vincent van Gogh. 

Buck Paulson has taken the old Master Artist techniqued and refined in his own, unduplicatable style.  Here are Buck Paulson's own words describing the technique of "Surface Intensity":

"To establish a dynamic visual acuity while maintaining the serenity of the soul.  That is Surface Intensity."

"The way I arrive at the finished product:  Number one is having a strong feeling for the scene to be depicted.

a. I chalk in a sketch on a primed canvas.  The priming is often on a gray-green surface.

b. I refine the sketch with a pencil

c.  I use Acrylic Ultramarine Blue and white to establish the values, forms, etc.  In other words, a finished painting minus color.  This stage must
carry the mood.

d.  The Saturday night bath:  This is a thin wash over the entire painting with a color like Alizarin Crimson, etc.

e. Then the palette knife is used with color mixes to match the underlying values previously applied in acrylics.

f. Special impasto colors are then powered onto the background to bring all focus to the subject."

These are the steps Paulson takes when painting his Sports Art.  However, there's inner feeling, mood and soul required to create works like this, and Paulson is alone in being able to create Sports Art exactly like this.

What all this means to the Sports Art Collector is that you can get one of a kind, original AWESOME pieces of art painted in a rich "Surface Intensity" style only brought to you by Master Artist, Buck Paulson.

Buck Paulson's collection of original art with "Surface Intensity" is creating no small stir among Sports Art enthusiasts.  Truly, the master has brought a great new feeling of passion for sports and music together with an old master's style of painting with "Surface Intensity."