Flowers and Foliage Complete

All the flowers and foliage have been added and now it’s time for the resin painting of the horse but I have to wait until the weather is a little warmer.   In Southern California that will happen soon so in a week or two I should be able to add the horse to the painting over the background.  In the meantime I will start working on the other two paintings in this style for the solo exhibition in February of next year.

Painting the decorative background

The gold leafing is applied and now it’s time to add the decorative background.  I use stencils to outline the pattern and then go in and paint with acrylic paint in the case to create the lush foliage.  The flowers will be added next.

Second Water girl work on paper

This is another piece hanging in the studio that I am working on right now.  This work is on sanded paper.  The background is a continuation of the graphic floral patterning that I have been infusing into my work.  I like the way it adds life to the works and a contemporary feel to a vintage subject.

This is the first one of the water girl series.  I love the interplay of the ceramic vase and the human figure and the interplay of black and white and the graphic floral pattern in the background.

Gold leaf applied

This piece is 24” x 30” on canvas.  I have just finished applying the gold leaf to the canvas after priming the area to be covered.  This is the second work in this series where I  will paint graphic floral patterns over the gold leaf bringing another element to the painting creating a contrast between the gold leaf, the painted patterns and finally the painting of the image in pure mineral pigment powder in acrylic resin.  The final layer of the resin compound will unite the layer creating a rich multi dimensional composition.  The first in this series can be seen under the “Equestrian & Related” titled “Arabian in Floral”.

Latest Pigment and Resin Works

This is a new direction for the Pigment in resin works on leafing on canvas.  Using a background of gold or silver leaf and paint a graphic floral background over the leafing.  In this case the use of gold leaf.  The leafing primer has been applied and the gold leafing application is next.  I’m not sure what I’m going to title this one yet.