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Category Archives: Alchemical paintings
The Golden Bowl
I started drawing The Golden Bowl painting directly onto the canvas which is not my usual practice, but I’m impatient to make stuff! I’m quite excited about the piece. It’s unusually small compared to the rest of my work, but … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Golden bowl, Making work
Tagged Alchemical work, oil painting, pythagoras, rosicrucian
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Falling off i
I shot reference pictures of ivy for the Aviator’s Dream painting, but the sun was far too high in the for them to be really useful other than as a resource for the shapes of the leaves and how the … Continue reading
Recharged
I’m back from a week in the mountains camping in the forest with no internet access and no cellphones. Fantastic! I slept under the open sky each night, looking for satellites, spotting shooting stars and bathed in starlight. Scorpio was … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Storm / The Aviator's Dream
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As the crow flies VII
Today’s progress was minimal, but effective. I worked on adding colour to the second en grisaille layer, which I never did take a picture of. The first layer of colour has gone down pretty well, as usual I see an … Continue reading
As the crow flies VI
Sandy sent this piece of Ted Hughes’ work as a comment. I thought it was fabulous, so here it is as a post too. Thanks for sending it Sandy.  Ted Hughes – From the Life and Songs of the Crow  … Continue reading
Posted in As the crow flies, Black birds, Making work
Tagged Alchemical work, crow, oils, painting
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Geomantic man
The work today began with the crow piece, to which I added the second more refined layer of grey work to get the figure closer to the finished rendering before the colour work goes down. I’m pretty content with him … Continue reading
As the crow flies V
I worked at the en grisaille layer of the figure today, first sanding down the area that needs to be painted, then laying in a rather rough version of the values. The more I paint the more I appreciate the … Continue reading
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As the crow flies IV
I spent the morning taking care of administration then got to work after lunch. The studio looks great right now after a big clean up courtesy of our student worker Marianne, who is doing a great job of getting things … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, As the crow flies, Black birds, Making work
Tagged Alchemical work, art, ashlar, crow, freemason, lesser work, oils, painting, raven, rosicrucian
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As the crow flies III
It’s almost half past midnight, and I’ve been working on the computer to isolate and construct a nice range of crow and raven photos. I shot a couple of hundred pictures of them in the course of last month. I … Continue reading
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Working in the studio
It’s amazing how much preparation goes into making a painting. I have three projects on the go simultaneously: the crucifixion needs to be re-stretched and completed, the “Aviator’s Dream” is demanding ivy, and “As the Crow Flies” needs to get started.     I laid … Continue reading
