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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Baby Canvases Show! smaller than a business card


Every once in a while I find myself gravitating toward these tiny wooden boards ,where it becomes an obsession for days on end at a time . I wear myself out at the end of these  mini binges and round and round I go; always finding my way back to my 18/0 brushes , my magnifiers and the crazy little pictures in my mind.

Here are my images that will be displayed on Saturday at the Soundry. . They are 2inch x3inch on wooden panels. I layered different colors of gesso and aged the boards with a faux finish, cutting through the layers with wire and a mini hand saw. Then , very much like deciphering an inkblot , I looked at the pattern on the boards and just start painting what I saw. These images are what I saw through the blots.
 
Simple Pleasures, (Amputees)It's what's for dinner,Virgin/bangs, wishing-hoping-praying, Cherish is the word that i use to describe, I think i love you so what are you so afraid of, Be my little baby, and The ventriloquist  






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