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Category Archives: Alchemical paintings
Bombers v
After a slow start doing the en grisaille on the man things really flew along and I got the basic landscape laid down with the broken up lake bed isolated in grey. It looks pretty psychedelic right now in orange … Continue reading
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Bombers iv
Bombers got a layer of iron oxide to get the ball rolling. The graphite layer turned out to be quite fragile, so I was pretty cautious around the figure not to abrade the drawing too much. This preliminary layer doesn’t … Continue reading
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Golden Bowl ix
 I added some colour and a flesh velatura to the figures. They’re coming to life now. I’m a bit tired today, and it’s hard to get motivated, but I managed to get some important work done on all three … Continue reading
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Storm xxiv
I worked to finish Amelia’s face, adding moving the eye and putting some flesh tones over the grey layer, then adding some highlights right into the wet paint. It’s almost there now. I’m more satisfied with the positions of the … Continue reading
Bombers iii
Bill Solomon came by this morning and showed me some of his extraordinary sculptural work. We have a good deal in common as far as 3d work goes. He has invented an imaginary culture that used artefacts made with gold and bark, … Continue reading
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Bombers ii
I spent a little time figuring out compositional structure for the piece, coming up with this cleaner and more balanced version. I like it – there’s a simplicity to it that I’m enjoying. I thought a good subtitle or alternative … Continue reading
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Bombers i
Here’s the sketch for the next big painting. Bombers is the name of an obscure David Bowie song I happened to listen to this morning that seems entirely appropriate as a title for this piece. Lyrics are here if you would like … Continue reading
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The Golden Bowl viii
Perhaps the painting needs a little explanation and clarification. The trinity is expressed in three figures: the monad by the central bowl carrying girl; the dyad by the young woman with the rod; the triad by the young man with … Continue reading
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The Golden Bowl vii
A good day today, completing the preliminary en grisaille layer of all the figures. I will need to consider the background carefully, but the piece is well on the way. Obviously there will be a lot of cleaning up to … Continue reading
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Storm xxiii
I put on a velatura of red iron oxide, white and naples yellow to begin fleshing out the face of poor Amelia. She’ll need a bit of tweaking to finish her up, but she’s pretty close. I’m not happy with … Continue reading
