Yes, I am back to producing what I know and love - the flowing, linear, mark making with enhancements here and there. I'm building up a stock of small canvases for the 'Small Pleasures and Treasures' Christmas exhibition at Main Street Gallery, Montville. Coincidently, I am calling these 'Small Gestures'. These are 300 x 300 mm - mixed media on canvas.
...below are some pics of the developmental process [there are 6 paintings in this series] - I used rusted steel wool mixed with PVA to get these lovely rusty details.
I gave up on the encaustic - didn't get the results I wanted and as it is a messy and intrusive medium, I have put it away for the time being. However, I WILL get back to it when I don't have a deadline to meet.
On another Main Street Gallery note, our Bazola range is selling well - 7 pieces to date, so Baz has forged up a storm for me over the past few days. This is what he delivered yesterday [photo courtesy of Baz's 'Rustnstuff' blogsite].
No rest for the wicked!!
~the first painting made me think of a Masquerade Ball Mask...your painting carries ones imagination to journies unknown...truly beautiful...congrats on your pieces selling...may prosperity and blessings be with you and upon you each day that comes forth~
ReplyDeleteIn the first two works, I like the wide dynamic brush strokes and the small accumulation of fine lines. I like these opposites. And the opposite is repeated in the colors.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the kind comments ladies - yes, I love it when the viewer sees something personal in my work and imaginations take off in tangents to what i envisaged. xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteI love your gesture pieces and your palette - always! You use flow of water media. I don't see that encaustic flows so much, does it?
ReplyDeleteYour 'small gestures' are beautiful - they are worlds in which one can lose oneself. I love your idea of the rusted steel wool - however, will it last? I have no doubt that your gallery sales will go well! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteHi Andrea, yes, the rusty steel wool is well and truly sealed with PVA and more layers of paint
ReplyDeleteLove your gesture and line work- so flowing and expressive. I have tried encaustic as well and also put it away-- I like the effect but not the mess.
ReplyDeleteHi Noela, Thanks for following my blog - because of that, I'm now I'm here with my morning cup of tea enjoying a long browse. These paintings look like the paint might still be on the move when you turn your back! I just love their sense of gesture and movement.
ReplyDeleteGreat effects with the steel wool and PVA. Your small paintings are a joy!
ReplyDeleteN- I agree with all the above these little gesture pieces are looking good. I'm looking forward to seeing them enmasse at Main Street. B
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