The 'prompt' was this year's fireside chat with Wendy.
I wanted to capture in one painting both the feeling of the literal warmth-and-glow of a fire and the figurative warmth-and-glow of deep easy friendship.
Big challenge.
Way fun, though!
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| took an old painting I never liked and squeezed dollops of fresh paint on it |
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| moved the paint around— first layer of coverup |
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| added paint |
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| penciled in geometric lines |
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| committed to the geometric lines with my unpredictable ink applicator |
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| created an acrylic skin on scribbles of latex paint |
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| began building a collage sheet on a discarded book jacket |
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| completed the collage sheet |
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| started affixing collage |
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| added snippets of acrylic skin |
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| did some micro-tweaking (thank you for input, Sylvia!), and … ta da! come join us fireside for a chat! --- An Invitation You Are Not Permitted to Decline 6x6"; acrylic, latex, India ink, pastel, and collage on canvas board abstract 2018 |
