I don’t seem to work with pastel colors. The starwort is what caught my attention with this tale, and everything else developed from that.
The Six Swans
Category: Encaustic
Finished art, painted with heated wax and other multi-media.
Toadette
Our girl from Mariokart 8. Since the internet, for some inexplicable reason, has few Toadette screengrabs, let me also include the original for others to find.
The original is so colorful. I almost regret how I covered the pink castle with encaustic layers. What do you think: Did I put the focus rightly on the toon, or did I lose the charm?
The Visitation
Lantana
I thought the colors were appropriate for Easter. Here’s the funny part, though. This is a repurposed background. I was never satisfied with the original (as is often the case, lol), and I thought that a former Halloween piece becoming an Easter piece was profound, in some strange way.
Pressed Yellow Bell
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
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.