Category Archives: Alchemical work

Temperance iii

I’m really interested in the angelic aspect of this painting. I don’t want to paint something that feels like it’s been done a million times. How do I express the idea an angel representing temperance in a contemporary way, to … 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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The Alchemy of Demolition ix

I loaded the boxes into the car and drove toward the freeway, buoyed by the lovely smell of freshly cut poplar. I don’t think I have ever bent as many finishing nails as I did nailing these things together. The … Continue reading

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As the Crow Flies xvii

I found about twelve more crow / raven photos that will be useful for the piece, so I’ve made a photoshop file combining them all onto one transparency, ready to paint on Monday morning. Everything seems to be in decent … Continue reading

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The Alchemy of Demolition v

The gold is almost all down, following my magnificent assistant’s valiant efforts this afternoon. We’ll need to do some touch up work Monday, because the three dimensional nature of the pieces of the building make gilding them very difficult, so … Continue reading

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As the Crow Flies xvi

There was a great deal of administrative stufff to take care of this morning that ate up most of my time, but this afternoon I got to the studio and got a good chunk of work done, particularly dedicated to … Continue reading

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