Into the Silence, 2 new paintngs

Oil and encasutic figurative painting

I finished these 2 paintings. There are 2 more close to finished and I have 4 more fresh, beautiful boards waiting to become paintings.

melting away the layers

Yesterday I was looking for a bigger board for a new figure in my Into the Silence series and couldn't find a blank one, so I pulled out a painting that I did about a year ago and I never felt right about and decided to get rid of it and use the board. Usually, I just put it out in the intense sun and scrape away the encaustic paint, but yesterday I decided to melt it with the torch. I uncovered many layers of previous paintings and here is what happened - with the aid of some scraping, and touch of charcoal:

32" x 40" The under painting revived

starting figurative paintings

Yesterday, I admitted to myself that I always like the beginnings of my paintings better than the finished ones, so I started 3 new paintings, and didn't get too involved with any and kept moving back an forth. Now I am at a place where I have to decide how to finish them.

It sure has been a happy day in the studio. It is delightful to be working in oil again.

the paintings keep changing

I have been going back over the first paintings in my new series and keep changing them. Perhaps, I should take them out of the studio and hid them in the stacks for a while.What do you think?

She is definitely finished - a combination of oil and encasutic

No more on this one

This is a change from the last post.

 

 

My work was chosen....

http://www.saatchionline.com/art-collection/Painting-Mixed-Media-Drawing/Spotlight-on-Latin-America/153961/42672/view/2


This morning I recieved the following message: "You have been featured in the spotlight on Latin American Art. "

That was a nice surprise. It also meant that I had to update my Saatchi online portfolio. You can check out my portfolio at: http://www.saatchionline.com/profiles/portfolio/id/312358

I shared a wonderful Mexico City weekend with my youngest daughter. She left this morning to go back to San Francisco where she is an art dealer. And I am going back to my Into the Silence series. I have a few more ideas and need to be expressed. Below are a couple of the first paintings in the series that I reworked.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 encasutic faces finished

I softened the background on this so it did not look so much like wallpaper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I took this with my iPod and the copper doesn't show up well.

before softening the background

encaustic on board, 24" x 24"

first day

2 paintings of the Into the Silence finished.

2 days ago