Invented Texture

Chapter 1 of Launching the Imagination also focuses on texture. Invented texture a form of texture used in art that has a very appealing aspect to it. Invented texture is when the artist "can activate a surface using shapes that have no direct reference to perceptual reality"(p.23). An example that was used was Psychedelicatessen Owner. by Bruce Conner.



The thought that texture can be drawn with all different symbols that have no reference overall picture, is fresh and exciting to me. The different symbols drawn together give the piece a 3D feel. To me, it seems like the man is coming out of the picture to give me a flower. The more I look at it, the more I am drawn to all of the smaller symbols that make up his face and the details that appear the more I look at it.

Another example is of an elephant found on http://katiemyk.wordpress.com/drawings/invented-texture/. 

This is a good example because each symbol has its own entity and can be seen by itself, or if looked at from a distance, can be a part of the larger picture of the elephant. The eye can be drawn to so many different points in this painting but all of the points function as one whole painting. The elements of the black elephant on the white background, definitely makes the elephant stand out, further showing the 3D element of invented texture.