Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Mystery Books Inspire - who knew?!
After falling for yet another HBO’s series, Trueblood, I decided to read “The Southern Vampire Series,” which I followed up by a whole string of other mystery novels most notably Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe books. I hadn’t read a Mystery book since they force-fed us Ten Little Indians in the sixth grade, but these Nero Wolfe mysteries were so entertaining and quirky that I felt impelled to incorporate them into some prints. At the same time I wanted to try printing text w/ my images so I decided to use (and misuse) little excerpts from the books with contemporary female portraits. So far, I’ve come up with these:
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Work In Progress . . . .
A tryptic on three thin pannels of a girl falling over and falling apart. Resembles a film strip.
Part of a series I'm starting on falling. So far, it's just an acrylic background and a drawing on a 18 x 24 inch board. I've been meaning to do this painting forever now, and I'm really happy with where it's going.
What I'm reading:
New Paint!
X-mas present: I've finally decided to upgrade to safer oil paints!
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