Category Archives: Making work

Heart and soul

Posted on April 21, 2009 by pearce

In Valentin Tomberg’s great Meditations on the Tarot he describes the relationship of the alchemical twins as a matter of the interaction of heart and mind becoming one in intuition. I like this idea, although it’s a little distant from … Continue reading →

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Blue

Posted on April 19, 2009 by pearce

This evening I spent a little time simply looking at the painting to see what it needs to be complete. I spend quite a lot of time doing this with paintings, contemplating which direction they should go in after finishing … Continue reading →

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Scythe

Posted on April 19, 2009 by pearce

I’ve managed to paint the scythe in a light raw sienna, and to clean up the blade in a solid grey that will take a touch of blue to fix the edges and add a metallic quality to it. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Bones, alchemy and a narrow rocky pathway

Posted on April 15, 2009 by pearce

   I continued with the skeleton for a short time, bringing it still closer to completion, but unable to find the last couple of hours that I need to get that foot done. The heads will take a couple of … Continue reading →

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At the feet of the reaper

Posted on April 14, 2009 by pearce

One more foot to go and the bone man is complete. I’m really feeling tired now, after several days of focus on this painting, and making panels as entertainment in between painting sessions.  I’ll post a picture tomorrow after the … Continue reading →

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Bringing in the background to Death

Posted on April 13, 2009 by pearce

Although I haven’t completed the skeleton yet I used some remaining Van Dyke Brown to bring the background to the edges of the realized work. I should finish this fairly soon, within a couple of days, I hope. He’s looking … Continue reading →

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Four huge panels, three small ones

Posted on April 13, 2009 by pearce

The four eight by eight panels are leaning against the wall looking quite inviting. This morning I did some fix-it work with Jason, liberally applying glue between the frames and the plywood to make certain that there was no potential … Continue reading →

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Spine

Posted on April 12, 2009 by pearce

I’ve been moving down the body of the skeleton toward the pelvis, building shadows with the Van Dyke Brown and adding highlights with Titanium White. I chose to lose the sanded background and isolate the skeleton against the darkness, increasing … Continue reading →

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Panel making

Posted on April 12, 2009 by pearce

Now that the wood-shop is almost complete I’m able to produce materials with far more ease than before. I dare say that I can make almost any size of panel my imagination leads me to at this point, although scale … Continue reading →

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Bone and metal

Posted on April 9, 2009 by pearce

I continued work on the bones, getting most of the rib cage and the left shoulder and upper arm done as well, listening all the while to 1970’s Ozzy era Sabbath recordings and Metallica’s new recording – it seemed appropriate … Continue reading →

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