it measures just 27 x 27cm
Then I decided to make a larger version. It measures 90 x 90cm.
Here is the first layer of paint - red acrylic, watered down a lot so it will settle into the textures of the stitched surface:
By now it looks like this:
11 October 2007
industrial dawn
Some time ago I made this little painting:
it measures just 27 x 27cm
Then I decided to make a larger version. It measures 90 x 90cm.
Here is the first layer of paint - red acrylic, watered down a lot so it will settle into the textures of the stitched surface:
By now it looks like this:
it measures just 27 x 27cm
Then I decided to make a larger version. It measures 90 x 90cm.
Here is the first layer of paint - red acrylic, watered down a lot so it will settle into the textures of the stitched surface:
By now it looks like this:
07 October 2007
the fence
oil on 8 canvasses
each canvas measures 38 x 43cm
total work measures 152 x 86cm
Damn.
There is a spot on my camera lens, visible in the upper 4 canvasses.
Have to get that cleaned, if possible.
27 September 2007
a day in the city
an idea
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which is taking shape
a little more work, a few tweaks, and these may wind up looking quite interesting!
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which is taking shape
a little more work, a few tweaks, and these may wind up looking quite interesting!
sunset city
Further progression on this one...
An out-of-focus photo taken in bad light, but still, the idea is evident.
This has been the most difficult stitched canvas I've ever worked with. Experimenting with just how many pieces of canvas I could stitch together & still make a painting that works, is proving to be quite the challenge!
151 pieces. 84 main pieces + 67 small bits sewn on top.
Today I almost gave up. But I had a bit of blue paint left over from working on "a day in the city" and decided what the hell, may as well not waste paint, and this canvas certainly can't get any worse.
Now I think I'm glad I did that.
I think...
An out-of-focus photo taken in bad light, but still, the idea is evident.
This has been the most difficult stitched canvas I've ever worked with. Experimenting with just how many pieces of canvas I could stitch together & still make a painting that works, is proving to be quite the challenge!
151 pieces. 84 main pieces + 67 small bits sewn on top.
Today I almost gave up. But I had a bit of blue paint left over from working on "a day in the city" and decided what the hell, may as well not waste paint, and this canvas certainly can't get any worse.
Now I think I'm glad I did that.
I think...
26 September 2007
progress....
stitched
stretched
gesso'd
and begun painting
... and then I took the "stretched" photo and played round with it in photoshop:
looks a bit like under a streetlamp, doesn't it?
stretched
gesso'd
and begun painting
... and then I took the "stretched" photo and played round with it in photoshop:
looks a bit like under a streetlamp, doesn't it?
22 September 2007
Opaline II
Another version of "Opaline" is underway...
Canvas sewn & pinned up on the studio wall, awaiting a stretcher
A couple of details of materials used on top of the canvas
Burlap, corduroy & bouclé fabrics:
Canvas sewn & pinned up on the studio wall, awaiting a stretcher
A couple of details of materials used on top of the canvas
Burlap, corduroy & bouclé fabrics:
15 September 2007
30 August 2007
#6 red
#6 red
oil on sewn canvas
79 x 122cm
(48 x 31")
This is one of the early sewn canvasses - the 6th, in fact!
Lately I have altered it a bit. I am being less "safe" with them than I was at the beginning, and this lack of restraint is a good thing, I think.
This is what it looked like before:
I'm glad I hadn't varnished this one, because I think it is much improved now!
oil on sewn canvas
79 x 122cm
(48 x 31")
This is one of the early sewn canvasses - the 6th, in fact!
Lately I have altered it a bit. I am being less "safe" with them than I was at the beginning, and this lack of restraint is a good thing, I think.
This is what it looked like before:
I'm glad I hadn't varnished this one, because I think it is much improved now!
a day in the city
a day in the city
initial sketch and sewn, stretched canvasses:
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39.5 x 39.5cm each, 320 x 39.5cm entire
(15.5 x 15.5" each, 126 x 15.5" entire)
You can see the different types of fabrics used for these: burlap, bouclé suiting, mesh, organza, corduroy and even a few pieces of zipper sewn on top of the canvas. I'm really having fun with these.
They are now gesso'd & I have begun painting - excitement! The zipper gives a particularly nice effect, so far.
I plan to try a similar colour method to the one used in "stack II" (a couple of posts back), though applied in a slightly different way - stay tuned!
initial sketch and sewn, stretched canvasses:
+a+day+in+the+city.jpg)
39.5 x 39.5cm each, 320 x 39.5cm entire
(15.5 x 15.5" each, 126 x 15.5" entire)
You can see the different types of fabrics used for these: burlap, bouclé suiting, mesh, organza, corduroy and even a few pieces of zipper sewn on top of the canvas. I'm really having fun with these.
They are now gesso'd & I have begun painting - excitement! The zipper gives a particularly nice effect, so far.
I plan to try a similar colour method to the one used in "stack II" (a couple of posts back), though applied in a slightly different way - stay tuned!
rain
rain
oil on 3 canvasses
76 x 76cm each, 240 x 76cm entire
(30 x 30" each, 99 x 30" entire)
from there:
to here:
finally feeling the desire to work on this one again, having some idea now where it's going.... still not finished, but (at least in my own mind) clearer. Feels interesting to work on canvas that is not sewn - it's been awhile!
oil on 3 canvasses
76 x 76cm each, 240 x 76cm entire
(30 x 30" each, 99 x 30" entire)
from there:
to here:
finally feeling the desire to work on this one again, having some idea now where it's going.... still not finished, but (at least in my own mind) clearer. Feels interesting to work on canvas that is not sewn - it's been awhile!
opaline
opaline
oil on stitched canvas
145 x 86.5cm
(57 x 34")
diffuse light showing colour
direct light showing raised texture
and a couple of close-ups:
oil on stitched canvas
145 x 86.5cm
(57 x 34")
diffuse light showing colour
direct light showing raised textureand a couple of close-ups:
stack II
stack II
oil on 5 stitched canvasses
167 x 28cm each canvas / 167 x 160cm entire
(66 x 11" each / 66 x 63" entire)
I really like the way this one looks now - except for the patchy look of the last glaze on the second-from-bottom canvas. Perhaps it is only a minor detail, however.
A brief look at some of the colour progression...
cadmium yellow light + indian yellow, then raw sienna:
fuschia, then cad yellow middle:
some strange and very ugly colours:
complimentaries over the previous strange colours, then quinacridone red + cad red middle:
now didn't those weird colours make the nicest underpainting for the reds?
:)
(my studio mates thought I'd lost it when I put on those awful greens & blues & purples, but all along there was a plan!)
oil on 5 stitched canvasses
167 x 28cm each canvas / 167 x 160cm entire
(66 x 11" each / 66 x 63" entire)
I really like the way this one looks now - except for the patchy look of the last glaze on the second-from-bottom canvas. Perhaps it is only a minor detail, however.
A brief look at some of the colour progression...
cadmium yellow light + indian yellow, then raw sienna:
fuschia, then cad yellow middle:
some strange and very ugly colours:
complimentaries over the previous strange colours, then quinacridone red + cad red middle:
now didn't those weird colours make the nicest underpainting for the reds?
:)
(my studio mates thought I'd lost it when I put on those awful greens & blues & purples, but all along there was a plan!)
cranes
cranes
oil on stitched canvas
84 x 46cm
(18 x 33")
first use of mesh stitched on top of the canvas
oil on stitched canvas
84 x 46cm
(18 x 33")
first use of mesh stitched on top of the canvas
city distance
city distance
oil on 3 stitched canvasses
59 x 135cm each, 186 x 135cm entire
(23 x 53" each, 78 x 53" entire)
oil on 3 stitched canvasses
59 x 135cm each, 186 x 135cm entire
(23 x 53" each, 78 x 53" entire)
treeline
treeline
oil on 2 stitched canvasses
approx. 33 x 102cm entire
(13 x 40")
... not finished yet, I think, perhaps, maybe...
oil on 2 stitched canvasses
approx. 33 x 102cm entire
(13 x 40")
... not finished yet, I think, perhaps, maybe...
22 August 2007
SUNSET CITY
"When I looked again, the city had divided itself into 151 pieces..."
this is what this painting looks like now
ha - still not finished!
it's been two years in the making, so far
last night I counted them all, and was surprised to find 151 separate pieces of canvas stitched together for this work!
(I had thought 100 pieces was a generous guess)
this is what this painting looks like now
ha - still not finished!
it's been two years in the making, so far
last night I counted them all, and was surprised to find 151 separate pieces of canvas stitched together for this work!
(I had thought 100 pieces was a generous guess)
08 April 2007
04 March 2007
graffiti city
oil on 2 canvasses
105 x 115cm each - total 220 x 115 including space between
not sure if these are finished
could be slap-dash quick, grade-school look
could be simply sophisticated
could be....
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