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The sun and the sky
I liked the cloudy sky in the Temperance painting well enough to do the same thing in the Sun piece, laying down a patchy coat of blue, ragged off carefully to avoid all the gold – fiddly work because of … Continue reading
Peach tree in action / Sunshine
There are a huge number of photos of the dress rehearsal of Muéveme, Muévete  here, including some good images of the set and lighting work I designed for the show. I put in some time on the sky of the Sun painting, … Continue reading
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I’ve been working on the geomantic man piece and figuring out how I might eventually be satisfied with him. I’m re-silvering the dark blue ground around him down to a low horizon line where I’m planning to paint a line … Continue reading
A golden monad
I worked on the sun and the rain drops today, sanding the gesso down then painting a layer of the bole and sanding that too. Once it was washed and dry I added a thin coat of adhesive and gilded … Continue reading
Slippery
I completed the ballet shoes this morning by adding a touch of blue into the medium value areas to complement the otherwise very warm pallette, then painting over the bright gold leaf with a glaze of burnt sienna. I delivered … Continue reading
Pics from Art Miller
Art shot some pictures of the exhibit this morning for a slideshow he’s working on.Â
Posted in Alchemical work, As the crow flies, Black birds, Installation work, Life
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The Principle xi
Cameron took some pictures at the reception, here’s my favorite: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Photo by Cameron Hurdus
Posted in Alchemical work, As the crow flies, Black birds, Exhibits, Installation work, Openings
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As the Crow Flies xviii
Hurrah! I finished painting crows, so apart from getting the eye hooks into the backs of the panels and a little touch up work to the painting the piece is hang-able. There’s a lot of gold in this show. I … Continue reading
The Alchemy of Demolition ix
I loaded the boxes into the car and drove toward the freeway, buoyed by the lovely smell of freshly cut poplar. I don’t think I have ever bent as many finishing nails as I did nailing these things together. The … 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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