Category Archives: Tarot-related paintings

Another brick in the wall

Posted on April 25, 2009 by pearce

I’ve been laying down the stones in the wall by first painting the dark shadows between the stones, then adding a layer of grays and white to the faces of the stones. I modified the shape and texture of the … Continue reading →

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Legs and cloth

Posted on April 23, 2009 by pearce

I worked on the legs of the twins in the Sun painting, building a decent first layer of skin tones over the rough sketch version – still pretty rough, but making sense of the structures of the feet and knees. … Continue reading →

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Heart and soul

Posted on April 21, 2009 by pearce

In Valentin Tomberg’s great Meditations on the Tarot he describes the relationship of the alchemical twins as a matter of the interaction of heart and mind becoming one in intuition. I like this idea, although it’s a little distant from … Continue reading →

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Blue

Posted on April 19, 2009 by pearce

This evening I spent a little time simply looking at the painting to see what it needs to be complete. I spend quite a lot of time doing this with paintings, contemplating which direction they should go in after finishing … Continue reading →

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Scythe

Posted on April 19, 2009 by pearce

I’ve managed to paint the scythe in a light raw sienna, and to clean up the blade in a solid grey that will take a touch of blue to fix the edges and add a metallic quality to it. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Death in tarot

Posted on April 18, 2009 by pearce

It’s not such a bad thing to draw the death card in a tarot spread, because it usually is interpreted to mean transformative change rather than death itself. More interestingly, in alchemical symbolism the reaper and other images of death, … Continue reading →

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Bones

Posted on April 17, 2009 by pearce
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At the feet of the reaper

Posted on April 14, 2009 by pearce

One more foot to go and the bone man is complete. I’m really feeling tired now, after several days of focus on this painting, and making panels as entertainment in between painting sessions.  I’ll post a picture tomorrow after the … Continue reading →

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Bringing in the background to Death

Posted on April 13, 2009 by pearce

Although I haven’t completed the skeleton yet I used some remaining Van Dyke Brown to bring the background to the edges of the realized work. I should finish this fairly soon, within a couple of days, I hope. He’s looking … Continue reading →

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Bone and metal

Posted on April 9, 2009 by pearce

I continued work on the bones, getting most of the rib cage and the left shoulder and upper arm done as well, listening all the while to 1970’s Ozzy era Sabbath recordings and Metallica’s new recording – it seemed appropriate … Continue reading →

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