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Category Archives: Life
Return from the wilderness
I went fishing up at Bass Lake, in the beautiful pine covered mountains to the East of the central valley of California, with my son’s scout troop of sixteen boys. We were all crammed into two small chalets beside the … Continue reading
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The full moon and the tree
I was so restless last night that I went for a walk at midnight, feeling like a werewolf as I strode along the dirt track that leads to the top of the craggy ridge behind the university, dimly lit by … Continue reading
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Greed, noise making things
I rendered the figure of a woman for the right hand side of the painting, pictured here with something in her mouth. I am interested in keeping what the people are eating vague so that their greed is open to … Continue reading
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Even more ravens
After I dropped the children back at their home I visited the studio to clean up a little and decided that I might as well finish a few dozen additional panels that I had made for the large version of … Continue reading
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Gilded ravens
When I laid down the gold on the panels I didn’t gild the edges, so they remained a very bright red from the undercoat. The red looks fabulous as it sneaks a peek out from beneath the gold where there … Continue reading
Sandstone
The extraction of sandstone seems to have worked, producing a pale yellow coloured tincture. I suspect that the amount of organic oils that we have pulled is very tiny, and we’ll end up with only a couple of drops of … Continue reading
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Gold panels
I finished the gilding and mopped the panels for the new ravens piece with distilled water using a very soft brush to make sure that the leaf was well laid down into the adhesive, and cleaning off  any excess from … Continue reading
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Solve
               In the lab the reflux set-up has continued to bubble away, pulling more extract from the second batch of sagebrush into the solvent (first photo). Yesterday evening I … Continue reading
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Crazy days
I ran to the top of the hill overlooking the valley this morning, watching the sunrise, then did some yoga with Janet and Richard, getting well set up for the day, but getting involved in working on the gilding as … Continue reading
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Red gesso
I painted the red gesso undercoat for the gold leaf onto the panels this afternoon, as usual ending up wearing much of the stuff on my jeans. I don’t know why gessoing should be such a messy business for me, … Continue reading
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