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Blue Flight
encaustic mixed media on birch 10x10 |
I'm practicing for something bigger. I wanted to see what it would be like to carve in feather detail in and encaustic painting. I keep thinking of a painting of a really large feathered something in the future. I've always hesitated to paint a big bird painting for a couple of reasons - the first is the wonder if a really large bird painting is a bit scary, meaning is it creepy to have a really big bird hanging on your wall? And secondly, painting small means I can cheat a bit on detail, but on a large painting I'd have to step up and really get the detail right - no fudging. So maybe the answer is like Blue Flight here, where there is no actual bird, but just a feathered something. Each of these feathers is carved in with an exacto knife which in itself is very meditative. And, I'm finding that I really love French Café Radio on Pandora. Its really nice background music and I learned of it from a good friend and her lovely French dinner that she made for a small group of friends. It played in the background as we dined on marvelous food and visited over candlelight. Now as it plays in the background in my studio, I can dream of going to Paris again whilst carving bird feathers. Not a bad way to spend an afternoon.
I'm also wondering about putting words into paintings. For me there is a fine line between looking good and being a bit kitschy. I like the idea, but pulling it off I think is difficult. Maybe its the choice of words?
Au revoir all, back to work - and happy Friday!
Wonderful feathers! Happy PPF, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteI love to see you experimenting, Marji. I think a peacock done in large format might not be scary. But ,of course, it has been done. A large painting with a group of small birds eating seed might be very pleasing also...but a lot of work.
ReplyDeleteexperimenting can lead to new and wonderful things. Love your encaustic! I love looking for the details and all the nuances of colors peeking through the layers. I listen to the French Café radio from time to time. And when I make a special french dinner I def. have French music playing in the background:)
ReplyDeleteThat's a very detailed work indeed. Greetings and best wishes!
ReplyDeletea lot of work, in this detailing;
ReplyDeletehave a happy Friday
much love...
Love the colour and detail!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous feathers.. and as far as scary bird paintings it never stopped Robert Bateman...as much as its not my thing because I do love whimsy I have known many people to have his large paintings of birds in their homes...a lot of offices also have Bateman paintings.. so I think you need to stick with what ever your heart likes to create...with or without words...scary or not! I am amazed at the feathers...they almost look like a stamp into clay...just wonderful! Do what you love!!
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wow.. tons of detail!
ReplyDeleteThis painting is just WONDERFUL... I love all about it..absolutely fantastic!
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Susi
I love the soft look of your painting--the feathers are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI really love the feathers. There is an artists here who paints huge bird paintings. I mean like 5'x7' They are gorgeous. Don't know if you want to go that big but I would love to see what you come up with.
ReplyDeleteNicole/Beadwright
I don't think you could make anything look creepy. This is amazing... And the word thing is a tight line to walk, but I would love to see what you do with that... It is an awesome direction to explore
ReplyDeleteGorgeous painted! And exciting..
ReplyDeleteOh yeah I would have a big bird on my wall! :)
Beautiful painting, love the details of the feathers. I think it would look great big, especially with just the feathers, and no actual bird. Although I think that would look good too. I know what you mean about the words. I've been thinking about that too. It is a fine line, but the way you used it here looks great!
ReplyDeleteIt would look beautiful big with just the feather!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog and for the lovely comment.
This is gorgeous! The dark blue underneath the feather textures really works well together. Awesome!
ReplyDeleteFantastic start with the encaustic painting. I love how it turned out. Blessings, Janet PPF
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