Do-Overs: Paintings that Got Stuck
These are some recent do-overs, paintings that were stuck and needed rethinking. The Little Picture Show (coming up the first two weeks in September at The Arts at Marks Garage in Honolulu) is the perfect venue.
"Ready For It" before (left) and after (right). I float mounted the original onto a canvas-covered panel board and extended the painting onto that. The lines match perfectly; my photo here is just off. It was a game of: Place original on canvas board, look, lift original, paint, put down original, look, lift, paint. A challenge and I loved it. This piece really pops.
NOTE: Original view reflects the true colors of this painting. I took the after photo inside the condo late in the afternoon. I do not recommend this…”
"Here Then Gone" before version in progress (left) and the do-over (right). Ok, a lot changed: Cropped, molding paste applied for actual texture, more layers of paint applied and then lifted for added visual interest, and crayon for highlights and definition. Kinda went crazy with it…
“Dragonfly Dream” before (left). A quarter sheet sized painting originally and look at the first wash colors! I used masking fluid to create the dragonfly outlines and just kept changing the colors until I got stuck. This one hung around a couple of years, patiently waiting for me to learn another technique to rescue it. The after (right) I cropped and applied hand painted papers in a mosaic pattern. Really a lot of fun to do.
"Daydreamin" before (left) and after (right). With this guy, I applied more watercolor paints, added texture with molding paste and kept painting that until I liked the colors, and I used crayon again to make changes that I could not do with paint alone.
Expect another letter soon with actual words and more photos like these...
Hope you are all enjoying the last bit of summer!