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Category Archives: Making work
Back to school
If you’re wondering where the painting posts are, so am I. I haven’t had any opportunity to get to the studio since that Sunday afternoon of gilding slipped by. School semester began today, so everything has gone barmy trying to … Continue reading
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Bombers xxiv
Here’s a snapshot of the lantern, which I painted a week ago, but forgot to post. In the painting it’s representative of the element fire. (Water is the grail cup, earth is the square on the stone, air the hole … Continue reading
As the crow flies xi
Getting ready for the big October, my son and I went to the studio today and laid down the size and gold leafed a couple of tables full of foot square panels, leaving three times as much area to gild … Continue reading
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I’ve joined the Amazon affiliates program. I spend a ridiculous amount of money buying books at Amazon and I really like the platform, so I think it’s worth participating. Please visit the new Gilded Raven store when you’re looking for … Continue reading
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Writing
No painting today, instead I turned my attention to doing some more study of alchemical symbolism, in particular Adam, the first man, who is used as a symbol of the prima materia in the alchemical process. The goal of alchemy … Continue reading
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What’s in a name?
In a fit of ego-mania I did a search for my name on an anagram solving website. It turns out that “Michael†is an anagram of “Al chemi†(The arabic word from which we get “Alchemy†is الكيمياء al-kÄ«miÄ’). “Michael … Continue reading
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Best brush ev-er
After an interminable journey through every red light in the San Fernando Valley to get to my favorite art store this afternoon to get gold leaf and sundry stuff my friend Steve, owner of said favorite art store, directed me … Continue reading
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Bombers xxii
 Ultramarine Blue is such a lovely rich choice; a dark but  transparent colour that I find it hard to resist using it in a painting. It makes blacks intense and enlivens the edges between people and their background in the … Continue reading
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Bombers xxi
Here’s a radical change in the appearance of the painting. The sky approaches its completed state, needing a yellow / white moon and a glaze of Ultramarine blue, with some stars and haze to complete it. However, it will need a … Continue reading
Welcome
Welcome members of T3P and TSS! Enjoy the site. I’d especially point you to the painting I’m working on right now, working title: Bombers. It’s fun to follow the posts from the beginning of the work to where it’s at … Continue reading
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