Monday, 7. July 2008, 15:22:40
Art, paintings
The Cookie Chair, Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 30. This is for Noah Counte after reading his hilarious little story of the wayward kitchen chair in his blog. I still have this chair only it has so much stuff piled on it, you cannot see it......as are most surfaces in my home....something I have been working on all of my life.
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Saturday, 5. July 2008, 22:41:51
paintings, Art
(if, for any reason, you object to nudity, please do not look)
This is a detail of the finished painting that is a 30 inches x 36 inches oil on canvas, framed in faux black snakeskin. It started out as a graphite drawing on canvas then I started filling in base colors. Base colors are what I try to make sure show through the rest of the layers of paint. Basically, I paint in layers which is why oil paintings take a considerable amount of time to finish because you should wait till it is somewhat dry (or tacky to the touch) before adding another layer. There are driers some painters use and sometimes I use them and sometimes not.
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