Current show at Imago “Traces” were I am the guest featured artist along with Betty Harrington is July 30 - Sept 6. The opening was a success! Thank you everyone at Imago especially Linda for doing a great job hanging my paintings!
I have two upcoming shows this summer!
The first one is a group show Lovesick/ Seasick at Yes Gallery and Studio in Warren at 146 Water Street,
http://www.yesgalleryandstudio.com
The opening is on Friday July 11th 6:00 to 8:30 with live music and drinks.
The second show is at Imago, in Warren located in the Cutler Mills building
July 30 - Sept 6, and the artist reception is August 1 from 7-9pm
Some people have asked what I use to paint with. Lately I’ve been interested in using bees wax, Darland wax, combined with oil paint, various brushes, graphic pencils and a fine Sharpy. I use a basic Black & Decker iron to heat and mix wax for layering. I also use a carbide scrapper and box cutting blade to remove layers as well. The old laptop is for referencing my photos and getting online, accessing network to print photos for transfers off a Brother laser printer.
These paintings are on Mexican beer six pack boxes, mounted on board, using oil paint and dry wax. I had the idea after drinking a few Dos Equis with friends after a surf.
To finish them off going to put a layer of surfboard resin on top and sand them smooth so they have a finish similar to that of a gloss coat on a surfboard. The one on the left has the resin coat just before I finish sand and buff it smooth. I’ll have the pics up soon!
I like to paint on board so I had Denis Lusier at Artfriendly build a few panels, the stretchers are 2” wide and the canvas is 23"x23”.
23” x 23” mixed-media including wax medium, oil paint, and graphite on wood frame.
“Winter Surf” one of new series using mixed-media, encaustic bees wax, oil paint, and original photo transfers. I’m finding that I like the layering effects you can get from the encaustic, In my latest paintings I’ve been using an image transfer technique as well. In this painting I “cut and pasted” the local marine weather forecast from a weather website and transfered into a waxed layer, also transfered one of my photos of a wave that I use for a base and is actually layered over with oil paint and encaustic, but creates a good starting point for the painting.
