It’s late now, and it’s the first chance I’ve had to sit and write today. The As the Crow Flies piece is installed over at the Hillcrest Centre, looking great in its own area. Each time I look at the piece I think I should paint every single piece of it with a glaze of [...]
Many thanks to Lukas and Nate, who helped me to clean up the tree, repainting the tubes where they had been scraped during shipping and sanding and gluing the boxes that will accompany it when it’s installed. Lukas brought the coupling joints we will need to put the tree together, so we prepared for installation [...]
It’s not such a bad thing to draw the death card in a tarot spread, because it usually is interpreted to mean transformative change rather than death itself. More interestingly, in alchemical symbolism the reaper and other images of death, beheading and blackness usually stand for the nigredo phase of the work, when the material [...]
This was a great day. After running a mile and practicing yoga with my friend Janet this morning I spent a cheerful few hours installing Chris’ Gilded Ravens at his house. It was fluid and simple work, and turned out so well! I’m really pleased with the appearance of the piece, and so happy with the mosaic [...]
Tagged TheatreI’m in the studio, trying to get re-organized for the new year. I laid down the panel with the ravens so that I could see how it all looked together and climbed a ladder to shoot this picture for reference so that I can install the Gilded Raven piece in Chris’ home. I also took [...]
After I dropped the children back at their home I visited the studio to clean up a little and decided that I might as well finish a few dozen additional panels that I had made for the large version of the As the Crow Flies Piece. When I had it installed on the big wall [...]
I spent much of the day in my car driving to pick up my kids who are spending the day with me in Santa Barbara, the best city in all of Southern California, then heading over to the studio to meet Chris, who I invited to come and see the ravens laid out on the [...]
Busy times creating Chris’ Gilded Ravens piece, but with very satisfying results. I felt more like a cobbler than an artist today, spending several hours sitting at a table fixing hanging clips onto the back of my birds (no handy helpers available today to make many hands make light work) and getting them ready [...]
Tagged nigredoWhen I laid down the gold on the panels I didn’t gild the edges, so they remained a very bright red from the undercoat. The red looks fabulous as it sneaks a peek out from beneath the gold where there are faults or cracks, but the edges were really too strong, so I painted them, [...]
Tagged dreams, indian womanI finished off gilding the last of the panels, creating some additional pieces for the large version. I can’t wait to rehang the large version at the Brand Gallery, I think these small additions will make a big difference. So, Amelia’s back in action as I wait for the gold leaf to really get dry. [...]
