Well, I had the best of intentions, but haven’t been able to work much this past week. The only chance I’ve had to paint at all was this afternoon. And I did this for my wife. It was inspired by looking out Correine’s window.
december 15, 2012
I started blocking in Correine Knows, the first of The Unraveling images this evening. This is the back of her coat and her front door. Fascinating, right?
december 9, 2012
I’m doing sketches for the five panel The Unraveling. This is the first, Correine Knows. I’ve gessoed this board and drawn the rough of Correine at the kitchen table. The sketches have C looking angry. Which of course she’s not.
I’m aiming to have this one done by Christmas.
december 4, 2012
These are some of the surfaces that I’m preparing for The Unraveling. I’ll release these paintings along with their corresponding portion of the story (of the same title) every month or so, along with some bookmarks with the same image.
december 1, 2012
It’s finished. This is just a quick photo with my phone- I’ll take it to be photographed next week. I painted over the peacock several times (first it was very peacock-like, and then it was kind of abstract, but the end result seems to be a shrub/peacock hybrid). Honestly, I didn’t know what I was going for, but I’m happy with how it turned out. “Is it a bush? Or is it a peacock?”
Yeah… just because I painted it doesn’t mean I know yet.
november 20, 2012
Today I started working on the peacock itself. I’m going for a slightly stylized stained-glass look for its leaves/feathers. And I’m not certain whether the eye will stay an eye or whether it will become a gaping shadowed socket. Hmm…
november 17, 2012
I worked on some background this evening, up behind the wall. These tree trunks probably need to be darkened a little, but it’s good to block it in and get it a little closer to its finished state. You can also see the hedgehog topiary from this angle.
november 11, 2012
The old internet went down yesterday and it turns out that was a good thing. I needed to work on the site, but I ended up using the time for painting.
november 4, 2012
Here’s the latest on Ellen and the Peacock. I’ve had fun with this one, even though time to paint has been scarce.
october 27, 2012
So I’ve been painting. I’ve had this idea of a peacock topiary for a while. This is the initial sketch that I did about a year ago.