Tag Archives: Tarot-related paintings

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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Complete Justice

Posted on March 23, 2009 by pearce

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 →

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The sun and the sky

Posted on March 7, 2009 by pearce

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 →

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Basing the sun and finding the hand

Posted on February 11, 2009 by pearce

Looking forward through my plans for this day I realized that I would have almost no time for work in the studio unless I got into it right away, so after I ran and did my yoga I got straight … Continue reading →

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Trumps

Posted on February 8, 2009 by pearce

  I’ve been shooting photos for reference for new paintings, intending to continue building my own painted collection of tarot card trumps. I have reference shots for The Lovers, The Sun, and The Empress. I decided to reshoot the pictures I … Continue reading →

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Gesso

Posted on January 21, 2009 by pearce

I’ve been laying down lots of gesso today, preparing the tall canvases for painting and getting those spheres that Justice and Temperance are standing upon ready for gold. The two virtues have had at least four thick coats to get … Continue reading →

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Themis

Posted on January 20, 2009 by pearce

I’ve been working on giving Justice her sword and scales. The sword is a hefty broadsword behind her back, her scales hang suspended in the air below her hand. In the first swipe at the metal of the sword I … Continue reading →

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Temperance gets a new look

Posted on January 15, 2009 by pearce

I didn’t get much time in the studio today, being involved in preparation for the new semester, shows coming into the gallery and whatnot, but did get to work on Temperance when I got a spare hour this evening. I … Continue reading →

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The face of Justice

Posted on December 7, 2008 by pearce

Having done as much as I could to Amelia’s orb I moved back to Justice, who has been neglected of late, to build the surface of her face up a little. This is a wild improvement upon the sketched up … Continue reading →

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