This work was inspired by a sketch done on August 8, 2004 (wishful thinking about that upcoming election). I dedicate it to the current rocking that people are doing all over the world.
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Original sketch from August 8, 2004. |
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Line work on canvas. |
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Wet color image |
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Charcoal line started. |
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Unmounted canvas, wet image circ November 18, 2011, finished drawing. |
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Mounted 9 x 12 x 1.5 deep, image circ Novemeber 30, 2011 |
About the materials:
Medium: Acrylic Glazing Liquid (Satin), Golden Mediums
Pigments: Charcoal (Brier Island, Nova Scotia), Pokeberries, Wild Grapes, Rust (Canaan, CT), Black Walnut (Sharon, CT), Beach Rose Hips (East Beach, RI). Beet (Sheffield, MA)
Surface: Unprimed Cotton Duck
Mounting: Mounted on wood panel 9" x 12" x 1.5" using Neutral pH Adhesive, Lineco, Inc.
Exhibition History:
Upstream Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY, January 2012
Aretephos Studio Gallery, Amenia, NY, May 2012