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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Francesco
A couple of days ago Francesco came to the studio to visit prior to his return to New York. I really enjoyed spending time with him, with his easy calm temper and excellent cooking and I hope to see him again … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, Life, Openings, Other people's work
Tagged astronomy, rosicrucian
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New images of Death, Temperance and justice
Here are the photos of the three cards as they are today (many thanks to Brian), feel free to click on them and download them at your pleasure, as long as you don’t use them for commercial purposes of any … Continue reading
Back to the wall
Photographer Brian Stethem came over this morning and shot photos of the three completed tarot paintings Death, Justice and Temperance. I’ll use the shots to produce small posters and prints for the Brand, and perhaps our University bookstore. It was … Continue reading
Wall to wall
Most of the wall has a second layer of colours and detail now, but it’s pushing itself too far forward in the composition, so I’ll dull down the brightness a little by putting a uniform glaze  of a black mixed … Continue reading
The wall
Here’s the result of the days work. I put a second layer of flesh tones on the legs, defined the white towel with some burnt sienna and worked a little longer on the wall, which obviously needs much more work. This layer’s … Continue reading
Another brick in the wall
I’ve been laying down the stones in the wall by first painting the dark shadows between the stones, then adding a layer of grays and white to the faces of the stones. I modified the shape and texture of the … Continue reading
Legs and cloth
I worked on the legs of the twins in the Sun painting, building a decent first layer of skin tones over the rough sketch version – still pretty rough, but making sense of the structures of the feet and knees. … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Making work, Tarot-related paintings
Tagged Tarot-related paintings
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Blue
This evening I spent a little time simply looking at the painting to see what it needs to be complete. I spend quite a lot of time doing this with paintings, contemplating which direction they should go in after finishing … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Making work, Tarot-related paintings
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