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Category Archives: Paintings
Leave the blues
A pleasant couple of hours in the studio this evening proved productive, with enough time to add a second layer of dark leaves overlapping the earlier work. I’m getting more familiar with the pattern of the leaves and enjoying the … Continue reading
Branching out
I’ve been having a good time in the studio tonight working on the branch up above the traveler and the landscape to the left of him. I’ve used my palette knife to scrape excess greens and browns onto the surface, … Continue reading
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Land ho!
The leaves are all green now, although still far too pale. The texture of the leaves if working nicely, with the light grey of the earlier layer revealed in the dragged green of this new layer. Next a darker layer … Continue reading
Beneath the leaves of the acacia
I’ve been continuing with the leaves, which remind me of Chinese and Japanese watercolours. I understand that in China the acacia is interpreted as a plant of rejuvenation and long life, which is not dissimilar to the meaning we have for … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Amelia Earhart, Life, Making work, The Traveler
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Acacias
I’ve planted an acacia alongside the traveler as he takes his step into the unknown, heading toward the rising sun. Next to the acacia the ground has been recently disturbed. He’ll be seen passing between two of these trees, because … Continue reading
Crow video
Fascinating video on the intelligence of crows – a short talk by Joshua Klein. I’m planning on including a tree and a few birds in the Traveler painting.
Posted in Black birds, Making work, The Traveler
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Head and Hands
I had a great day in the studio, starting at 7.30 when I realized that I simply don’t get enough painting time these days, got up and went to work, first using Lead white over the brightest part of the … Continue reading
More sky
There’s a limit to how much you can do to a sky before you accept that something as abstract as a cloud can simply be left alone, however formless and void, and still be satisfying. Transparent Iron Oxide followed by … Continue reading
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Oxide
I’ve been working with the Transparent Iron Oxide in a couple of different contexts – the sky has been glazed with a thin coat that makes the blues a darker grey while simultaneously yellowing the clouds. After wiping the glaze … Continue reading
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Highlights
Now the semester is settling in, the Beckett show is completed and I am not running as fast as possible, I’m able to refocus my attention to painting. Thank goodness. The last couple of weeks have been back to back … Continue reading
