About the art: beginning with a repurposed wood panel (I think part of a wardrobe door perhaps?) and throwing layers of paint on it. The goal was to build interesting colors, texture and varying lines and patterns. I got pretty wild with the color for a sec! But knowing I wanted a night scene, I toned it down a wee bit. Using a circle-shaped board, I coated it with thick paint in neutral moon-tones and pressed it into the layers to keep it spotty but round. Then hours of tearing painter's tape (the torn edges make everything more organic) and rolling it down firmly with a brayer. A fast coat of glaze, sprayed with a water bottle while partly cured and then toweled back in places. Let the paint dry, pull off the tape and VOILA! A final coat of clear spray added to protect the colored pencil markings within the paint.
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Susan McClellan
12/16/2020 10:46:44 am
love this piece and the size is great!!
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jen
12/16/2020 11:47:13 am
Susan! Thank you! I'm so relieved....it's always a trust fall with the tape!
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12/16/2020 10:49:13 am
To see and think in metaphor like Ted Kooser—mind-blowing! Isn't he fabulous??
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jen
12/16/2020 11:48:31 am
Dotty! OMG! Thank you so much for recommending this book. I adore it. Love the way Kooser thinks and writes. And thank you...I had an inkling of what I wanted to accomplish, and am relieved it actually turned out that way! ha ha!
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Carl Stoveland
12/16/2020 01:29:19 pm
Jen-
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jen
12/16/2020 01:41:47 pm
Carl! I love love LOVE the comparison to a rock climber! I feel just like that at some point in every piece...hanging on my a few strong fingers and nothing else. Thank you!
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12/17/2020 02:05:48 am
Love the beacon of light! Shines hope for the coming year! Even in darkness the light shines!
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jen
12/17/2020 12:21:46 pm
Carol! I love the message you found in this painting! Yay!
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