Spring Maiden, 11x14", oil on copper painted wood, $1200.00
The title given to the most
beautiful virgin of the springtime, A pagan beauty pageant. In this
case, the title has gone to a girl who can speak to birds. She
inhabits such a sweet and serene spirit that the trees call her one
of their own. And the birds, so long as she is still, endeavor to
build a nest in her hair. In this portrait she is discovered for the
first time in her solitude and wonders who you'll prove to be.
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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