Mick Fredrickson

I saw Mick Fredrickson's work in the September 2006 gallery issue of the Surface Design Journal, and went to check out his website. He uses an ingenious technique of applying pigmented pulp onto a support to create his paintings. The pulp is the same as pulp used to make paper, but Mick is using it as a binder.

"Pulp Painting is how I describe my new series of work. I paint on canvas with finely beaten, pigmented pulp made from flax. The pulp is applied in a variety of ways; brushed, extruded, but I most often apply the pulp using trowel-like broad blades much the way oil paint is applied with a palette knife or in a method similar to the way stucco is applied to buildings here in the Southwest. I achieve textures and treatments I was never able to achieve with paint."







You can see more of Mick's work on his website.