Officially posting the piece I youtubed on Feb. 10, 2021. Remember, I want to know if pressing a flower, including ironing it, causes the color to sustain better. Stay tuned.
SOLD
Pressed Yellow Bell
Category: Encaustic
Finished art, painted with heated wax and other multi-media.
Paint It Red
paint it red
When the dance card makes you mine
paint it red
O my heart isn’t here
It’s at home with a good book
where I’m safe
I swear I could stab you
if I had my netting hook
but you’re safe
It’s not here either
When the gossip oozes brine
paint it red
When the clock chimes only nine
paint it red
CHORUS
When my family starts to shine
paint it red
When the carriage’s last in line
paint it red
Don’t worry, I’m fine.
Track Three is now available at bandcamp.
Shamrock Hydrangea
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This is a store-bought cut flower that I quickly pressed for the holiday. The iron scorched the petals (oops), so I cheated the green a little with paint.
This is another example of a repurposed background. I felt the original piece didn’t quite hit the mark I wanted, and so it gets a second life.
Burning again
I was never quite satisfied with the track art for the song “Burning” on Heart of Iron. Uploaded to bandcamp is this new encaustic piece, based on Robert Salmon’s 1828 painting Ship in Storm.
The original post introducing the first attempt at “Burning” track art is here. You can see why I was dissatisfied. Visually and thematically murky!
However, the funny part is this:
If you look closely you’ll see that the poinsettia piece is actually the original “Burning” art slightly smoothed and fused, and then repurposed as a background. Although I work on wallboard, which is inexpensive, the layers of wax and the build-up of color over days of painting are precious. It’s nice to get a second life out of something that became disappointing.
In Danger
Will she dance with me?
I believe —
The line of her neck as she reads ‘cross the room
… honey won’t taste as sweet.
I believe —
Does she tease me?
I believe —
The form of her hand in her glove as she waves
… I’m alive in the heat.
I believe,
were
it not for her
inferior
mother,
I’d be in danger.
Second song from the ongoing Ardent album now live at bandcamp.
Hibiscus wip
The Fisherman and His Wife
Faded bougainvillea
Tell me what you think of my editing! Hahaha! These videos are satisfying to make, much to my surprise, so I thought I’d try to get better at it. If you watch (or skip) to the end you’ll see a visitor to my studio.
And if you can’t understand my garble, the Heart of Iron piece is a mix of bougainvillea flowers and eucalyptus leaves.
Here is the link to the original post about this piece.
Her Wit Flowed Long
Last week I published a new album at bandcamp, Ardent. More songs are coming (the second is in final recording), but for now here is the art for the first track.
And here is the one-sheet music: