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Tag Archives: Alchemical work
Temperance
Here’s the preliminary sketch for the next painting, Temperance. I like the idea that angels are the intermediary between us and God, and that there is a protective spirit about each of us. What do you think? A series of … Continue reading
The Alchemy of Demolition v
The gold is almost all down, following my magnificent assistant’s valiant efforts this afternoon. We’ll need to do some touch up work Monday, because the three dimensional nature of the pieces of the building make gilding them very difficult, so … Continue reading
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Tagged Alchemical work, gold
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As the Crow Flies xv
Still more gilding today, finally completing this part of the project and giving us valuable experience. Having gilded so many panels we have learned what not to do next time. Sadly, because we have to be consistent we have had … Continue reading
The Principle
The Principle An alchemical installation by Michael Pearce KWAN FONG GALLERY California Lutheran University 20th September 2008 – 24th October 2008. Opening reception 7pm Saturday 20th September. Â Alchemical philosophy is grounded in the idea that the matter from which … Continue reading
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Tagged Alchemical work, installation, painting, sculpture
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As the Crow Flies xiv
I went through the large number of crow and raven images I shot over the last few months and isolated the birds from their backgrounds, then made a transparency and threw it onto my old overhead projector. This allowed me … Continue reading
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Tagged Alchemical work, gold, nigredo
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As the crow flies x
The day was broken into several short sections, which made getting a clear shot at painting for any great length of time tricky, but was perfect for getting gesso onto panels in preparation for the “As the Crow Flies” magnum … Continue reading
Vegas Baby!
I’ve been invited to show some of my paintings at the International Alchemy Conference in Las Vegas this October! I’m delighted! This is billed as the biggest gathering of alchemists in five hundred years. How wonderful to be able to … Continue reading
Bombers xx
I’ve been toying with the idea of expressing the trinity still further by painting the yin yang onto the hermit’s circle, resulting in this present appearance, which I’m quite partial to. The yin yang has become as ubiquitous as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Add new tag, Alchemical work, hermit, Tarot-related paintings
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Bombers xvii
 I was irritated enough by the scrappy surface of the canvas in the sky that I scraped it all to knock off the protuding bits, then repainted with a light blue grey. I added some cadmium red to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alchemical work, death valley, oils, painting
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Bombers xvi
 Putting a cobalt blue onto the grey sky really changed the nature of the painting, didn’t it. Next I’ll put a transparent layer of zinc or flake white over that blue to drop it back a bit. I’m not … Continue reading
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Tagged Alchemical work, oil, painting
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