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Category Archives: Alchemical work
As the Crow Flies xv
Still more gilding today, finally completing this part of the project and giving us valuable experience. Having gilded so many panels we have learned what not to do next time. Sadly, because we have to be consistent we have had … Continue reading
The Principle ii
The process of getting the installation ready is beginning to heat up as the date comes closer. It’s beginning to feel as if we will never see the end of the gilding. Cameron and I continued to lay gold down … Continue reading
The Principle
The Principle An alchemical installation by Michael Pearce KWAN FONG GALLERY California Lutheran University 20th September 2008 – 24th October 2008. Opening reception 7pm Saturday 20th September. Â Alchemical philosophy is grounded in the idea that the matter from which … Continue reading
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As the Crow Flies xiv
I went through the large number of crow and raven images I shot over the last few months and isolated the birds from their backgrounds, then made a transparency and threw it onto my old overhead projector. This allowed me … Continue reading
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Tagged Alchemical work, gold, nigredo
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As the Crow Flies xii
The panels we prepared last Sunday and yesterday are dry enough to move, so I’m taking them home so I can work on them over the weekend. They’re pretty smelly because the size is a nasty material. I think I … Continue reading
Back to school
I spent a happy couple of hours in the studio gilding this morning before running out of both gold leaf and time, but it was very productive, so I’m cautiously optimistic that the big crow piece will be ready in … Continue reading
Bombers xxiv
Here’s a snapshot of the lantern, which I painted a week ago, but forgot to post. In the painting it’s representative of the element fire. (Water is the grail cup, earth is the square on the stone, air the hole … Continue reading
As the crow flies xi
Getting ready for the big October, my son and I went to the studio today and laid down the size and gold leafed a couple of tables full of foot square panels, leaving three times as much area to gild … Continue reading
Vegas
I was out of town in Ventura for the last couple of days, so I had no opportunity to paint, but I did get a bit of time working on learning more about alchemy, studying a dictionary of alchemical symbols … Continue reading
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Bombers xxi
Here’s a radical change in the appearance of the painting. The sky approaches its completed state, needing a yellow / white moon and a glaze of Ultramarine blue, with some stars and haze to complete it. However, it will need a … Continue reading
