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Category Archives: Tarot-related paintings
Layered Bones
  The twins are drying behind me now, having traded places with Death, whose posture reminds me of a metal guitarist and makes me smile each time I look at him. I’ve spent a happy hour or two working on the … Continue reading
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Handy
Three hands, two heads. Finally back on a roll, I got the body and arm of the left hand boy more fully realized, fixed the outline of the right hand and repainted the background, which had become quite dirty from … Continue reading
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Twin two
The second twin’s face has another layer of paint on it because I realized that I had made an error in the positioning of the nose and mouth when I had my first go at it. The right hand eye … Continue reading
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Sticks and stones
I’m working on getting these hands right, and moving over to the lad on the right side of the painting. It’s been surprisingly humid here this past few days, so the paint is taking a long time to dry, narrowing … Continue reading
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Clearing the Sun
I thought I would add a little to the previous post by commenting that the hair on the boy on the left is grey now so that it can become blonde later – in the next layer I’ll put some … Continue reading
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Ganymede
I feel a little foolish posting the second picture, because it represents so little actual painting work, but quite a lot of investigation into the background of Temperance in the renaissance symbolism that lies behind the tarot cards of the … Continue reading
Complete Justice
I had a little window of opportunity to fill this afternoon, so while Death dried behind me I set to work putting the finishing details onto Justice, including a delicate balance suspended from her hand. I decided to make a very … Continue reading
Death
  Here’s the complete first layer of the bone man. I did a bit of research on scythes, being uncertain of the appearance of those  found in the old cards because I remember using one when I was a kid mowing … Continue reading
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Bones
I haven’t painted a complete skeleton for a very long time – I think since I was a student at Swindon College of Art and Design in 1983, which seems a ridiculously long time ago – so working on the … Continue reading
Tarot Death, Renaissance emblem book
After dealing with administrative stuff there’s nothing better than getting into the studio and working on something creative. The administrative work is totally necessary if we’re going to improve the art department at the university, and I enjoy seeing projects … Continue reading
