Category Archives: Alchemical work

Voiceless

I have totally lost my voice! It’s alarming to try to speak to visitors only to hear a croaking noise come out, although there’s something strangely pleasant about not being able to talk that I can’t quite put my finger … Continue reading

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Amelia’s previous incarnation

Here’s what she looked like before today’s work. Much better now. See how the forest drops back in the picture below this one, allowing the figure to become the focus of the painting?

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Good times in the studio

I had a busy, busy day today. I picked up Amelia from the High Studio a few days ago, where she had been waiting for me for a month or so and finally got to do some work to her. … Continue reading

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Flu

Goodness, I feel awful. My head is full of cotton wool. I’ve glazed both of the wings with the oxide now, so neither are as overly blue as they were, and I re-rendered the skull and began working on correcting … Continue reading

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Between Life and Death

I started laying out the construction of the painting that comes after the Angel of Death: In between death and birth. I see the painting as a male and female couple within a circle at centre of the canvas, curled … Continue reading

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Amelia reaching conclusion

Applying a blue glaze over the stones has isolated Amelia, the head (with blood) and the orb as the brightest things in the painting. I’m pretty satisfied with this today, and can’t do much more to it because on Monday … Continue reading

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Blue eyes blue trees

Derek did a fantastic job today shooting the video for the Ancestors project. I liked the results we got very much, and enjoyed the pleasant company of six friends who came over to sit as our eye models. We had … Continue reading

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Dark Forest

I’ve painted trees for several hours, working on the small branches on the left side of the painting then deciding that I didn’t like the angular gesture they brought to the piece, and repainting the darkness between the trees. In … Continue reading

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Can’t see the forest for the trees

  I’m building the next layer onto the trees using a mixture of Titanium and Zinc white, rubbed in with my fingers and scumbled onto the canvas with a bristle brush, occasionally softening the marks with an old t-shirt. Although … Continue reading

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Amelia in the forest

I couldn’t face doing any more to the skeleton today, so I turned my attention to Amelia, because I really like the idea of putting her in a forest clearing instead of hanging in the void. I laid down simple … Continue reading

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