Category Archives: Magician

Cut!

Posted on January 18, 2012 by pearce

After a few days of humming and hahing I’ve committed to editing the Traveler and Magician paintings from their earlier square composition. Now rectangles, the compositions look much better balanced, with the focus of attention moving down to the sun … Continue reading →

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Studio talk

Posted on May 8, 2011 by pearce

  I had the pleasure of hosting a studio talk at my space at CLU yesterday afternoon, including a brief demonstration of glaze painting, using a Sap Green over the background of the Star to show the luminosity and  flexibility … Continue reading →

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Four Large Tarot Paintings

Posted on March 24, 2011 by pearce

I’m very pleased to be able to share these four images with you. They’re the result of a year and a half of painting. The Angel of Death, The Magician, The Empress, The Traveler. All Oil on Canvas, 96″ x … Continue reading →

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Bowl of White Fire

Posted on March 17, 2011 by pearce

I’ve painted the Magician’s raised hand holding the bowl, with the first layer of some flames burning in it. To complete it I’ll glaze over this white fire with some yellow. I don’t think that the colour needs to get … Continue reading →

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A Deeper Darker Pool, Scattered Gold, and a Raised Hand

Posted on March 16, 2011 by pearce

The Prussian Blue I mentioned yesterday has deepened and darkened the water in the pool closest to us, increasing the illusion of reflection in the water a little more. The colour of a reflected sky is deeper hued that the … Continue reading →

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Blue Waters, Layers on Feet

Posted on March 15, 2011 by pearce

I’ve retouched the feet, using Iron Oxide Red and a little Foundation White to make them much more effective, adding shadows around them to ground them onto the dirt of the painting. The exposed stomach had a touch of the … Continue reading →

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Bare Feet

Posted on March 11, 2011 by pearce

I’ve put down the first rough layer of Foundation White that will become the Magician’s bare feet. Pretty plain right now, they’ll be re-drawn and get a couple of layers more before they’re complete. I’m quite pleased to get them … Continue reading →

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Silver and Lead

Posted on March 9, 2011 by pearce

I’ve continued with the work of glazing the sky so that the blue and orange layers now sit behind a transparent layer of white mixed with a little Cobalt Blue. This makes the sky vibrate over areas of warmer and … Continue reading →

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Silver White sky

Posted on March 8, 2011 by pearce

The Silver White is working nicely as a very transparent, milky glaze over the orange and blue sky. It’s making the sky recede a lot more than it did when it was all orange, and is picking up some very … Continue reading →

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Magic Sam

Posted on March 7, 2011 by pearce

To my great pleasure today my model for the Magician came to the studio to visit. Sam did a great job posing for the painting, so it was a real treat to see her enjoying it, although I had to leave … Continue reading →

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