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Category Archives: Making work
Heading for the horizon
The skulls at the centre are complete, so I’ve moved to the right hand side of the painting, where I’m working my way up toward the horizon. I started putting a little shadow in the distance, leaving the most distant … Continue reading
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Consistency
Jetlag has made me feel blurry and I’ve avoided the studio in favour of more adrenaline oriented activities so I can throw this tiredness off as soon as possible. I’ve also got to pay attention to some important administrative work … Continue reading
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Home to skulls
Arriving at home last night was wonderful! Although spending some time in Britain was profoundly rewarding, including the best visit to Stonehenge I have ever made, with a beautiful sunset so powerful that it felt as if I could hear … Continue reading
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The boney crowd grows, and Tony Pro comes to lunch
We’re crazed at the university these days, in the midst of exam week and a frenzy of grading large stacks of drawings and paintings, but I squeezed in a few hours of painting time today, enjoying the company of my students Kiah … Continue reading
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A big day today, with many skulls added to the foreground accompanied by loud music and plenty of tea. I’m feeling quite optimistic that I’ll be able to find a few more really solid days of work this week, which … Continue reading
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Bone machine
I’m back in the studio and in better shape, but still misfiring now and then. The bone painting machine is going in full force now, filling the lower half of the canvas with crania. A pigment note – I picked … Continue reading
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Why not just toss the paints into the dumpster and do this in the computer?
That flu has returned with a vengeance, beating me up with a fever, coughing headaches and so forth, so I’ve spent the day at home, with only a brief trip to take my little girl to the dentist. However, yesterday … Continue reading
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The beginning
Here are the first few skulls – they will spread like a virus to fill the entire landscape behind the skeleton, while he strides forward trampling on the fallen. In the bottom left I’m planning on painting vegetation that is … Continue reading
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Whiteout
I made it all the way across the painting above the first foreground grouping of skulls, but have yet to fill in the space to the lower left of them. That flu I had last week seems to have come … Continue reading
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skulls and bones
I’m still working my way across the painting, reaching about three quarters of the way this evening before fading. I’ve painted the most distant ones quite faintly, lifting offf much of the paint with a rag so that the brightness … Continue reading
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