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Category Archives: Alchemical work
Powell’s / Pod
Portland, Oregon I’m visiting Portland for a meeting of department chairs and division heads, in order to learn how best to promote the department and recruit students. Having the benefit of a morning off, I decided to visit Powell’s book … Continue reading
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Nuclear Physics
I got into a discussion with a nuclear physicist last night, (the hotel is hosting a nuclear physics convention) who told me that in the process of a reactor being prepared to produce electricity the engineers are trained to observe … Continue reading
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Crucible
I imagine that the bowl in the Fama painting contains ash remaining from a process like this.Â
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Alchemy Lecture
Here’s a splendid lecture on the role of alchemy in the beginning of the era of modern science by UCLA History Professor Margaret Jacob. It’s a most impressive presentation. My thanks to Adam Kendall for alerting me to this video on … Continue reading
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Numbers by Painting VI
   Two, Four, Five, One. I found a little time in the studio to work on the Numbers by Painting series. I laid on a layer of Payne’s grey  to darken the outside areas of three of the pieces. On … Continue reading
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Numbers by Painting V
Here are the photos that I should have posted yesterday. All in process, nothing completed. Two, Five and One in their present condition. Here’s a closer shot of Two. You can see the stippled surface where the rag breaks up … Continue reading
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Numbers by Painting IV
I laid on a coat of Ultramarine blue over the brown surface of the number five piece, and used some zinc white mixed with a little payne’s grey to make a semi-transparent blue-grey to glaze over the number two. I pulled the glaze using … Continue reading
Numbers by painting III
 I’ve done quite a lot of sketches now for the numbers series. The canvases were all ready to go by Friday morning, so I started laying out some of the drawings. By evening I painted on the first layer … Continue reading
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Fama almost complete
I’m putting in the last details on the Fama piece, simultaneously working on the numbers paintings. Two photos here to show where things are going. Â Â Â I’ve added in some knifed on lead white highlights with a lovely transparent iron … Continue reading
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Numbers by painting II
 Moving ahead with the boxes, I poured good quality gesso onto the previously primed panel and used a 1/4″ quarter round piece of molding to spread it around the surface. This gives me a nice thick textured surface to … Continue reading
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