Hi Love - Well let's see how this works for us. I think it is a great idea to have a mind dump between us and I look forward to it. ZThere are so many time in the day that I wish I could show you what I am doing, share an idea or just unload a bit. And this is it. In keeping with the notion that this should reflect our everyday goings on, my first upload is a piece I finished this weekend.
The original effort for this painting started back more than a year and a half back. I was excited and blocked out the painting quickly. Primed and ready to go, I started taping to do the hardline method but, after a few days, I went cold on it. Lady friend was taking up my time and I figured I would return with some vigor in a week or two. But weeks turned into months and other work got my attention. Then last week I uncovered the canvas. The tape had hardened on to the canvas and, after hours of scraping it, there was still a residue of glue. What the fuck – never waste a good surface. So I started over and wipped this up in two days.
After about two days it was starting to take form but i needed to do one of those 'stare at it for hours things. So I hung it up on the display wall in the living room. Some time during the evening I took a few raw file pictures and brought it into the computer. The light did wonders and, compared to the actual piece, the photo – with all its shadows and highlights, was amazing. Duplicated the visual, laid it over the original and turned it at a 90 degree angle. Then I messed with the opacity and the visual started to really sing. The final piece will be a mixed media composition comprised of the original painting as a backdrop with ghosted imagery printed on plexiglass positioned in front. The whole thing will be mounted in a shadow bow-type frame. I am thinking about adding some type/message features as well. Most importantly, it is sunny and warm.
Off to a good start though. Love you, Dad
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