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Category Archives: Paintings
Peach tree in action / Sunshine
There are a huge number of photos of the dress rehearsal of Muéveme, Muévete  here, including some good images of the set and lighting work I designed for the show. I put in some time on the sky of the Sun painting, … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Making work, Tarot-related paintings, Theatre
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Back to the studio
Still feeling pretty crummy this morning, enough to skip yoga and running, but I went to class and had the pleasant experience of teaching a bright and wide awake group of students life painting and drawing. I managed to find … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Making work, Tarot-related paintings
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Books about tarot cards
While working on painting the cards, I’ve also been researching and writing about them as I create the images. I’ve had my Marseilles deck since I was a teenager in school, fascinated by the mysterious pictures that emerged from the … Continue reading
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A golden monad
I worked on the sun and the rain drops today, sanding the gesso down then painting a layer of the bole and sanding that too. Once it was washed and dry I added a thin coat of adhesive and gilded … Continue reading
Gold and the Face of the Sun
 I re-started working on the Geomantic Man painting, which is so big that I can barely manage to move it around the studio on my own. I have never been satisfied with the face, and now I want to … Continue reading
The raindrops of the sun, golden tears
I’ve spent an improbably long time painting these drops and the circle of the sun with white gesso, preparing the ground for the red bole primer then the gold leaf. I’m looking for enough gesso that can be sanded down … Continue reading
Basing the sun and finding the hand
Looking forward through my plans for this day I realized that I would have almost no time for work in the studio unless I got into it right away, so after I ran and did my yoga I got straight … Continue reading
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Tagged Tarot-related paintings
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Twins
I started on a new piece today, the Twins. I’m pretty excited to get started on more of the series of cards, and getting deeper into understanding the imagery contained in them. This one is particularly alchemical, using an image … Continue reading
Justice and Temperance
I spent a few productive hours in the studio despite guilty feelings that I really ought to get on with some administrative work that I need to catch up with, and the nagging sensation that goes with the theatre piece. … Continue reading
Basecoat
I’ve been pretty busy with classes and administration of the department today, so there wasn’t much time for studio work, but I have managed to put a primer coat of Burnt Sienna over the initial drawing of the pregnant nude. … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Pregnancy
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