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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Headless
The sword is coming along, based on a fabulous samurai sword loaned to me by our lovely costume designer, Lolita Ball, who is simply delightful. The alchemical Queen Amelia looks dramatic and intentional now, having acted to behead the king, … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Amelia Earhart, Installation work, Making work
Tagged air, Alchemical work, Amelia Earhart, fire
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Distillation
I visited Dr. John Tannaci in his laboratory at the University because he asked me if I’d like to learn more about distillation. His class has been using distillation to extract the essential oils of nutmeg for a class project … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Life, Sources
Tagged distillation, Tarot-related paintings
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Live by the Sword (and hair)
I have been thinking ahead wondering what comes next in the painting. If Amelia is the elemental representative of the purified air, coming to the earth to be combined with it in the alchemical conjunction, then she will need to … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Amelia Earhart, Installation work, Making work, Sources
Tagged air, fire, sword
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Justice gets the blues
Here’s the base layer of the shadows on Justice’s robe. I love the play between the blue and the white, very pleasant, but I’m going to have to warm up the shadows on the left side so the figure gets … Continue reading
Feet
I re-rendered Amelia’s feet because they were so completely off. This is much better, they’re feet that someone could actually stand on now. I separated the legs a touch, too, and added some white to the ground around the new … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Amelia Earhart, Installation work, Making work
Tagged Amelia Earhart, earth
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Temperance chastens
Another layer of zinc white over the shadow work in the wings, Â dropping the dark areas back into the white and giving a softer quality to the surface of the feathers. I put the stream of water between the bottles … Continue reading
Face and Hand
I worked on defining the features of the face first, using the Prussian blue to draw edges and shadows around the eyes, nose and mouth. Having defined the features I added some pinks and reds around the mouth in particular, … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Amelia Earhart, Installation work, Making work
Tagged Alchemical work, nigredo, oils, painting
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Getting there
 I had a really good time painting this layer, really in the flow of painting. I added some shadows to the leg and put a layer of blue in to give the colour some depth. I will go over it … Continue reading
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Face
Amelia’s face got the attention it has waited for, and I’m pleased with the way it’s going. She’s going to look great now. I’ll let this layer dry thoroughly then continue laying down the layers of the flesh over this … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Amelia Earhart, Installation work, Making work
Tagged air, Alchemical work
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Temperance has wings
 I finally put a light blue grey detail onto the wings, then dry-brushed some dark grey over the top so that a next layer of zinc white will have something to live over. The dark grey background is a … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Amelia Earhart, Installation work, The Cardinal Virtues
Tagged Tarot-related paintings
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