Category Archives: Alchemical paintings

Pics from Art Miller

Art shot some pictures of the exhibit this morning for a slideshow he’s working on. 

Posted in Alchemical work, As the crow flies, Black birds, Installation work, Life | Tagged | 1 Comment

The Golden Bowl xiii

  I worked at the Golden Bowl for a while this morning until I welcomed Paz Winshtein to the gallery. Paz is a terrific painter who I’ve been watching for a year or two, and have wanted to get into … Continue reading

Posted in Golden bowl, Making work | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

The Golden Bowl xii

It’s a treat to get back to the studio to work on the Golden Bowl and Falling after what seems like an eternity of working on the ravens and the show. I felt pretty rusty, but got some base layer … Continue reading

Posted in Golden bowl, Making work | Leave a comment

The Principle xi

Cameron took some pictures at the reception, here’s my favorite:                             Photo by Cameron Hurdus

Posted in Alchemical work, As the crow flies, Black birds, Exhibits, Installation work, Openings | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

The Principle x

I thought it might be interesting to have the texts and some images from the exhibit posted here for people who couldn’t make it to the show.   The Alchemical Theatre (20″ x 16″) Pieces of a demolished theatre, poplar, … Continue reading

Posted in As the crow flies, Black birds, Bombers, Crucifixion, Exhibits, Fama, Installation work, Storm / The Aviator's Dream, The alchemy of demolition | Tagged , | Leave a comment

As the Crow Flies xviii

Hurrah! I finished painting crows, so apart from getting the eye hooks into the backs of the panels and a little touch up work to the painting the piece is hang-able. There’s a lot of gold in this show. I … Continue reading

Posted in As the crow flies, Black birds, Making work | Tagged | Leave a comment

As the Crow Flies xvii

I found about twelve more crow / raven photos that will be useful for the piece, so I’ve made a photoshop file combining them all onto one transparency, ready to paint on Monday morning. Everything seems to be in decent … Continue reading

Posted in As the crow flies, Black birds, Making work | Leave a comment

As the Crow Flies xvi

There was a great deal of administrative stufff to take care of this morning that ate up most of my time, but this afternoon I got to the studio and got a good chunk of work done, particularly dedicated to … Continue reading

Posted in Alchemical work, As the crow flies, Black birds, Making work | Tagged , | Leave a comment

As the Crow Flies xv

Still more gilding today, finally completing this part of the project and giving us valuable experience. Having gilded so many panels we have learned what not to do next time. Sadly, because we have to be consistent we have had … Continue reading

Posted in As the crow flies, Black birds | Tagged , | Leave a comment

The Principle ii

The process of getting the installation ready is beginning to heat up as the date comes closer. It’s beginning to feel as if we will never see the end of the gilding. Cameron and I continued to lay gold down … Continue reading

Posted in Alchemical work, As the crow flies, Black birds, Bottle installations, Exhibits, Making work, The alchemy of demolition | Tagged , | Leave a comment