Category Archives: Black birds

Gold panels

I finished the gilding and mopped the panels for the new ravens piece with distilled water using a very soft brush to make sure that the leaf was well laid down into the adhesive, and cleaning off  any excess from … Continue reading

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Crazy days

I ran to the top of the hill overlooking the valley this morning, watching the sunrise, then did some yoga with Janet and Richard, getting well set up for the day, but getting involved in working on the gilding as … Continue reading

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Red gesso

I painted the red gesso undercoat for the gold leaf onto the panels this afternoon, as usual ending up wearing much of the stuff on my jeans. I don’t know why gessoing should be such a messy business for me, … Continue reading

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Preparing for gold

What a busy day this was. We needed to load out Sean Sobczak’s exhibit of Light Sculptures from the gallery, so I picked up the truck at nine then returned to the gallery to meet Sean at lunchtime. We packed … Continue reading

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Amelia’s blues – gold in the forest

Painting Amelia as Temperance continued, adding Prussian blue to the shadows of her pants, extending and correcting the shape of the left leg, and defining the shadows of the face and goggles. I worked at the hair on the left … Continue reading

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Pics from Art Miller

Art shot some pictures of the exhibit this morning for a slideshow he’s working on. 

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The Principle xi

Cameron took some pictures at the reception, here’s my favorite:                             Photo by Cameron Hurdus

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The Principle x

I thought it might be interesting to have the texts and some images from the exhibit posted here for people who couldn’t make it to the show.   The Alchemical Theatre (20″ x 16″) Pieces of a demolished theatre, poplar, … Continue reading

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The Principle v

The gallery is well on the way towards having the show installed. I picked up nine sheets of cheap luaun from the Home Depot, ready for the floor covering of gravel, and used the truck to move some of the … Continue reading

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As the Crow Flies xviii

Hurrah! I finished painting crows, so apart from getting the eye hooks into the backs of the panels and a little touch up work to the painting the piece is hang-able. There’s a lot of gold in this show. I … Continue reading

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