“So
She Seems”, 8x10 inches, oil paint and wood burning, $700.00
Artist
Statement by Amanda Scott
So she
seemed like a nice girl, yet there was something more to her,
something hidden just below the surface.
I would
like to keep this one a mystery, and it is, because it's up to the
viewer to determine if this beautiful and dangerous creature is worth
knowing.
She is
carnivorous, but perhaps she eats only fish. How can you know for
sure?
Pyrography
and Oil Process
I use the
characteristics of the wood to determine the design. I begin with
looking at the grain of the wood, and I wait to be inspired by what
my mind imagines there. Sometimes I get the whole painting in a flash
and go looking for the right piece of wood. Generally I like
swirling, water like, patterns.
I may
spray a thin layer of metal paint over the wood, perhaps stain it any
color I like, or I will leave it natural. Then I draw the design out,
keeping in mind the flow of the wood. I blend my lines into the that.
Then burn the dark lines in with a phyrographic tool. All the shading
I do with oils.
I will
detail the face of my figure, but only draw out with minimal shading,
her companion subject. I like to blend many styles (drawing,
painting) of image making together to provide interest, and to also
express my message which is that change is constant and that all
things are connected. To finish a painting is to kill it with perfect
stillness. I want movement, a sense of growth, appearing and
disappearing of elements.
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