This is one of three pieces I have begun out on my deck this week using oils. This piece has three layers which is a slow process as I waited for the first approach to dry to the touch. I refrained from using a brush (lazy on the clean-up) and just used a palette knife. It was fun using the cold wax and the metallic powders mixed easily. On the second approach I added collage and applied a bronze/gold mixture. I was too heavy handed and the piece went dull and flat. Mixed up this gray green/cold wax and floated the color in and around so the bronze still shows through but not so overpowering.
This time instead of code, I used the simple marking of multiples ....time especially. With the end result (to me) feeling like a found fragment maybe found underwater or in the dry desert? The limited glow of bronze is nice and would look good under glass when framed.
The weather has been great for working on the deck. I quit around 5pm as it then becomes full sun. The unexpected visitors the past few days have been little brown birds bathing, splashing in my bird bath...what easy joy!
We are going to our neighborhood July 4th BBQ! Have a safe and fun day!
oh, Mary Ann, this is gorgeous without trying too hard - the piece, not you! so love the marks of multiples!! wonderful piece
ReplyDeleteI felt good before but now with this comment...I've a big grinning face...thank you!
DeleteLovely to think of you painting out on the deck. Happy 4th!
ReplyDeleteYes, several sunny days on the deck and then the fog rolls in?!
DeleteHello Mary Ann
ReplyDeleteI've been looking over your work on your blog and what I'm seeing is progression. Meaning that there is some wonderful expansion in your philosophy and you are being more articulate in your interpretations of such. Language in transit, is also a strong point as you refer to this as code. The ancients left their messages in our consciousness. All we need to do is to loosen up and get out of the way. The rest happens naturally.
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Thanks Micros! I so agree!
DeleteI like the sense of spontaneity. It reminds me of drawings on a school blackboard -chalkboard, I think you call it.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't thought of a chalkboard but I like the possibilities !
DeleteYes, an ancient unearthed fragment covered in verdigris. Lovely work! Enjoy your BBQ.
ReplyDeleteRobyn, 'ancient unearthed fragment covered in verdigris' love those words.
DeleteBBQ was good but the potluck dishes were on the strange side?!
I liked what you did with this piece!
ReplyDeleteAnnell, High praise...thank you!
DeleteI'm really liking this cold wax thing.
ReplyDeleteI always love your color selections, oh so pleasing.
Again, it has an ancient,cave dweller vibe.
Babs, This cold wax is intriguing me but it is only because I can work outside with the oils.
DeleteI've had the same palette for years...phallo blue and green!
Lovely piece Mary Ann - like Annie it reminds me of the school blackboard but also of Cy Twombly's paintings
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge fan of Cy Twombly's paintings...thank you!
DeleteMarianne this is amazing! The depth you have created. It feels alive to me, moving back and forth in space. Love the deck work for sure. i used to do papermaking outside on the lawn, leaving the paper right there to dry in the sun. what a joy.
ReplyDeleteSuki, It is fun working outside and especially great if you can spread out.
DeleteThank you for taking the time to stop by...always appreciate your remarks.
Your description of the process was so interesting to me. The layers and textures and metallics of this piece must be really something when viewed in person. Don't take this the wrong way, but the painting makes me think of a swamp...the water element represented by the turquoise tone; the rich browns/golds/bronze suggesting the ooze of the shores and marine life, and the ancient feeling of such a place. There's always so much going on in your work in its underlying meaning and associations, suggested so economically with minimal (or should that be liminal?) mark-making.
ReplyDeletelouciao, Ahh the primordial ooze...and there was a place where it all closed down with too much bronze. It is a fine line with plenty of failed efforts and I wouldn't have it any other way...this art making! Thanks for your take on this piece!
DeleteI hope you had a beautiful July 4th. I also love the thought of you painting on outside on your deck, and your little visitors splashing in your bird bath. Beautiful art work too. Your layers, your magic and secret messages! roxanne
ReplyDeleteRoxanne, Plenty of summer fun here. I often think of you enjoying your river and garden and art making!
DeleteI've been enjoying this cold wax...like learning something new!
Hi Mary Ann, Beautiful painting, enjoyed reading about your process. The colors are time worn. Not partial to cleaning brushes either, I'd rather use silicone dough scrapers and spatulas and such--wipe off, done & done.
ReplyDeleteChris, I appreciate your art making tools! Oh, I've spent years cleaning brushes so its nice to play with the palette knives. Thank you for your comments!
Deleteoh I do love this! perhaps you will become a cold wax convert! I love the texture and layering. And this blue with the neutral underneath is so effective. and I think outside is a good place for cold wax. But then outside is a good place for us humans too! nice to have the twitterings of the birds to keep you company. perhaps that in itself will inspire a painting?
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ReplyDeleteOh My. This is an exquisite piece of art. I like the texture and depth of it. It looks ancient and vintage.