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Category Archives: Tarot-related paintings
Peacock feathers
A small, very light package arrived from China yesterday, filled with beautiful green and blue peacock feathers, so I’ve re-started work on the wings because they were so overly simple and flat compared to the rest of the painting. So … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Angel, Making work, Sources, Tarot-related paintings
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Virtues
I enlisted my kids to help put the first coat of gesso onto the big canvas. They’re really good at helping me in the studio, seldom complaining and usually cheerful, especially when there are donuts and lunch offered as tasty … Continue reading
Gesso
Following an entertaining family effort (my kids and Joseph with squirt bottles filled with distilled water) to give the big canvas a wash so that the creases drop out and the canvas gets a little tighter, Joseph worked on gessoing while I … Continue reading
Epic
We had an exciting time hanging the giant canvas onto the wall. This painting of the virtues is by far the most ambitious project I’ve considered, and I’m really looking forward to getting started on it. I have yet to … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Making work, The Cardinal Virtues
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Shooting the Empress
My daughter and a couple of her friends modeled for me alongside a couple of my students for photos of the Empress, which I’ve also referred to as the Angel of Birth. The shoot went rather well, with my student … Continue reading
Leaf fall
I’m moving from Amelia’s verdant green springtime to winter leaves, blown to the feet of the angel of death. So far I’ve painted the base of a grey brown, and begun to render the richer orange browns in that delicious … Continue reading
Green again
I’ve expanded the range of green leaves across to both sides of the canvas, and I’m surprised to find myself really enjoying the play of the green against the dark background, because I have used green so seldom in the past. … Continue reading
Virtues
I’ve done a little sketching for the thirty footer, and decided to work with the seven virtues, Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence and Justice, with Faith, Hope and Charity. The wall I’m thinking of for the piece has a large chair and … Continue reading
Trees beside a moonlit creek
It took a while to get warmed up, but once I got moving I managed to cover quite a lot of the canvas, adding a new and more useful layer to the trees which had little substance and needed detail. … Continue reading
Amelia Redefined
The Angel is taking a back seat now, following a black day for the skeleton and Amelia. My big easel looks almost comically small without a giant canvas on it. I’ve been deepening the shadows on both pieces, working the … Continue reading
Posted in Amelia Earhart, Angel, Making work, Tarot-related paintings
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