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Category Archives: Angel
Male and female, Birth and Death
I worked late and finished up Death’s chest and outlined the other wing. He’s going nicely. This afternoon I’ve been shooting photos for the angel of life, which has gone very well indeed, even better than I had hoped. My … Continue reading
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Angel of Death
I’ve moved the black panel onto the big easel, because now it has the canvas over it and a couple of coats of gesso on its surface (that’s half a gallon of base) it weighs just a bit too much for … Continue reading
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Glendale exhibit
Glendale is over. We pulled all the paintings and much of the sculpture out of the gallery yesterday, filling the early evening with the back and forth of canvases and crates, and driving our little trucks through the mayhem of … Continue reading
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The duality of angels
Here’s the beginning – the duality of the pairing of the angels of life and death. How much more complete can opposition be than two squares, one completely black, one completely white? I understand that there can’t be any true … Continue reading
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One down
Here’s the first panel with raw canvas freshly stretched over it. To successfully cover a large panel I’ve found that the way to go is to stretch the cloth as one would with a smaller piece over stretcher bars, placing … Continue reading
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Bear necessity
I’ve been thoroughly enjoying myself in the studio, helping Rich cut panels in the new woodshop, setting up the skeleton for the Angel of Death painting and making the landscape for the Fortitude piece. First the woodshop, which is completely … Continue reading
Angel of Death
Having shown several friends the sketch of the angels of life and death that I did for the big panels I have changed my mind about these two characters. The reaction was so strongly in favour of making them that … Continue reading
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Devils and angels
After my morning class I got started preparing the angels and devils sketches, moving toward decisions on what these big pieces are going to be. I’m particularly enjoying the scorpion-like people in the desert, and the hermit with the three … Continue reading
