The source picture is a printout of a photo of a photo of a photo of a (Polaroid) photo which I took of her in 1999 and which is lost -- like all Roy Batty's moments and Obbly herself -- in time. She was also the source for The eyes of a killer, 2001 and appeared (twice) in Self-portrait as Noburo Kuroda's kitten, 2001.
This is an object (also abject) lesson in patience a.k.a. not adding a layer of paint until the one beneath it has dried properly so that it doesn't pick up the pigments and screw up the the transparency and tonality of the new layer. Oops.
A rescue mission was launched.
Also have to really make sure that the back toes of the back foot curve away from the edge of the canvas so as to avoid the creation of impression that the composition is jammed into the right edge.
Studio diary of Stephen Clover, more-or-less self-taught painter and printmaker. Born in 1974. Started painting in 1999. Current project: working towards a solo show of paintings in 2020. Click here to browse an (incomplete) catalogue of my work; here are the tutorials.
Bram at Sumer
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Both types of black/white painting seem based on ad hoc improvisation. They
have an alluring looseness in their treatment of space, and avoid formal
balanc...
Pleasures of the Bodily and Binary
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Richard Frater: So Long The Difficulties of Being SingleNewcall 11 November
– 29 November 2008 When does a collection of seemingly disparate sculptures
bec...
Miami Art Week - A Visual Summary
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Miami Art Week Nov 30 - Dec 4, 2016
*Nada Art Fair *
at Deauville Beach Resort - "new or underexposed art that is not typical of
the 'art establishment.' ...
I met a man who wasn’t there
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Back in January, David Bowie died. There was an outpouring of grief and
many, many think pieces, tributes etc., that I didn’t feel I could add
anything. Th...
DOMINGO, LOS DIECISIETE DE ENERO VEINTE-DIECISEIS
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A new collaborative work between myself and JK Russ titled 'The Release',
2016, collage and oil on metal, 14” x 11”. We usually start with a
regular-sized...