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Monthly Archives: October 2008
Halloween
Busy day. The festival was a blast – less of a turnout than last year, but still a total treat to celebrate Samhain by putting on an event like this. We ate a crazy amount of pumpkin pie and enjoyed … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Openings, Other people's work
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Temperance gets another layer
Working fast, I added a layer of burnt sienna and a touch of ultramarine blue into the leather overcoat, a bit of grey onto the pants and shirt. Raw Sienna is the perfect base for blond hair, so I glazed … Continue reading
Posted in Amelia Earhart, Exhibits, Making work, The Cardinal Virtues
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Halloween Festival
Much of the weekend went to installing Sean Sobczak’s Light sculpture installation in my gallery at CLU. I met Sean on Halloween at a party in Hollywood at Luca’s studio about eight years ago. He was dressed as Jesus, and … Continue reading
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Amelia reaches for the light
I worked late and produced this drawing for the new piece. I’m not sure quite where this interest in Amelia Earhart has come from, perhaps it started with my friend Fred Tonsing, who’s her nephew or something. I’ve been thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Amelia Earhart, Making work
Tagged air, Alchemical work, earth, fire
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Virtues in white
This is going well – Here’s Justice with a quickly painted en grisaille setting the tone for the later layers. I really enjoyed the luxury of knifing down thick flake white paint so that there’s some rich texture in the … Continue reading
Space
I’m interested in finding space in the paintings. I tend to fill my canvases with figures, and I think I’d like to find some tension in the composition by leaving large areas of space. I took that 48″ x 72″ … Continue reading
Virtues
I sealed the two canvases with some burnt sienna and medium over the drawings, wiping much of the paint of with a rag. The drawings drop back into the rich oxide and become harder to see, but the marks are … Continue reading
Posted in Making work, The Cardinal Virtues
Tagged oils, painting, Tarot-related paintings
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Closing reception for The Principle
This Thursday evening at 7.00 pm (TOMORROW!) is the closing of the Principle exhibit. Please come to the Kwan Fong Gallery at CLU and join me for drinks and snacks. I’ve been completely delighted by the way the show has … Continue reading
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Virtues
I’ve drawn Temperance and Justice and I’m pleased with both. This evening I’ll seal them both with some burnt sienna so that they’re ready to go. These look really good as first passes into the painting foray, so I’m full … Continue reading
Justice
Here she is! I’m happy with the composition, laid down the centre line of the panel, with the figure centred on the navel. She’s looking good. I put a blindfold over her eyes, as is traditional for blind justice, and … Continue reading
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