Land-scraping

David Edwards current painting method makes use of frequent building-up and scraping-back of the wet paint layers. This technique allows for a good deal of accidental mark-making, and adds depth and movement to the images. Scraping back can also blur much of the detail, however, so he have found himself utilizing more and more frequently the ‘flashes’ that often appear in my work. These marks that float on the surface of the paintings serve to grab the viewer’s eye and pull the entire image into focus.” His Instagram.