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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Meditation
Another one down. This skull work is becoming a meditation on death. But curiously I haven’t really had a morbid thought since I began the piece. I think of this angel of death in terms of renewal – like spring … Continue reading
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Skull flow
Some of the skulls flow with ease, while the experience of painting others makes me feel like I’m moving jello around with a stick. However, I’m feeling a fluidity to my painting as a whole that is very welcome. I’m … Continue reading
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Skulls skulls skulls
I’m still working on these skulls, but now I’m past the half way point and can see light at the end of the tunnel. It makes for tedious blogging though – what can I say? ” Still painting skulls…” for … Continue reading
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Paul’s sculpture
Paul’s sculpture has been entirely enclosed in a sarcophagus of layered silicon, fibreglass and hydrocal. Here you can see Raphael applying the final layer of hydrocal and the green coloured fibreglass beneath it.
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Skull Central
Nearly all of the skulls on the right hand side are complete now. I’ve been enjoying getting some dynamic, fluid painting done and making some big inroads into the piece. Painting the skulls is becoming easier as I become increasingly … Continue reading
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Number nine
I squeezed in a little painting today, mostly completing the ninth skull. I’m getting a little frustrated by my inability to carve out decent chunks of time in the studio to paint. Partly this comes from the time of year, … Continue reading
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seven
The skull saga continues with a few more completed in the third layer, and the one on the right half way toward being finished. Seven and a half done, seventeen and a half to go. Paul left yesterday morning to … Continue reading
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Pretty rough and ready, but the basics are there. I’ll need to do some improvement to the teeth in particular, because they’re wildly oversimplified. Something’s not quite right about the right eye, too. It’s a little too low and too … Continue reading
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Four
I completed another skull and got half way through the next this afternoon, leaving twenty one to go. This is epic skull painting! I enjoyed having Terry Spehar Fahey’s company in the studio this afternoon, she’s working on a painting … Continue reading
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Halloween
Me, painter Mia Tavonatti and sculptor Paul Lucchesi at my house following a delicious Halloween dinner. I’m enjoying sharing my home with my friends so much. It’s a joy to be surrounded by such delightful people all the time, the … Continue reading
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