Studio work June/July 2025
- 3 June 2025
So the starting point is here...
Support is 1200 x 900mm
Support is 1200 x 900mm, deciding if I should help/mend the paper together with linen tape maybe?
A2 size, was part of series of 3 that didn't work well, so now separate paintings.
A2 size, was part of series of 3 that didn't work well, so now separate paintings.
A3 size, was part of series of 3 that didn't work well together, so now separate paintings. This one works for me.
New A3 painting on mud caked paper.
Cnr of previous painting showing mud falling off.
Cnr of previous painting showing mud falling off.
This work fell on the floor, and the caked mud came off...
Back to "The Great Piako Swamp being reclaimed" - 750x560mm part of diptych.
"The Great Piako Swamp being reclaimed" - 750x560mm part of diptych.
Back to "The Great Piako Swamp being reclaimed" - 1500x560mm diptych. I like the feeling of emptiness in this, with it's ironic title.
A new version in a triptych - still more work to be done on the "plains' #1
the "plains' #2
the "plains' #3
Latest version of the great plains triptych - not quite there yet.
Final version I
Final version II
Final version III
300x300mm paper on wood panel
300x300mm paper on wood panel
Dipped in mud before and after painting. 400x600mm
Testing a coating of wax medium over this painting., works well with mud and paint.
River water/mud only as base.
Watercolour added.
Watercolour paint added.
Watercolour paint added.
Partly dried. (Sunlight shadow)
Final dried result. Sitting with this - I like it, but what does it say apart from toxicity? Does it need a dredge to show human intervention?
Added figures, men digging canal by hand.
New painting, same process. (Sunlight shadow)
New painting, same process.
A map of the roads of the Plains added, showing the grid and the rivers.
Horizon in pencil, plus water loaded with muddy water.
Leaving to dry for a day.
Only partly dry after 2 days, its a cold place.
Watercolour paint added.
Placed on stretcher 1200x900mm, piece picked out of whole piece.
Collected works for Winter Seminar