The Evolution Of A Painting
Another older painting…
oil, pins and stuff on canvas
24 x 18 inches
Although I really like to see other people’s works in progress, I rarely do a good job documenting the evolution of my own stuff. I usually get too distracted by the working part to remember to take photos during the process. In this case however, I managed to get a handful of shots along the way. There’s a whopping five photos which sounds like a good amount until you consider it took me a couple of months to finish this painting. At any rate, I’ll include them (along with a few detail pics) after the jump so you can get an idea of how much a work changes while I’m making it.
OK, here are the work in progress pics. I’m not sure if they’re in sequential order or not. Uh, they might be. Click for bigger pics.
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et fini encore
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detail 2
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detail 3
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alors, avez une bonne journee!
-Steph,
July 11, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Hey! Thanks Stephanie.
I’ve been very curious about the encaustic process. And well, this shows some pretty dramatic shifts in your color choices.
Flickr has a feature that allows one to post a slideshow if you’re interested.
Someday you’ll have to post a video of the actual technical process. Sort of like a cooking show, but please, no Cajun accent, Sauterne wine, and endless rambling stories while you stir the pot. (Pretty please…with mashed potatoes!) All I have are indications that you re-use cat food cans. I’ll bet you could even sell one of these as instructional media. $$$
July 11, 2009 at 5:53 pm
hahaha, well Andrew, you can keep being curious about the encaustic process til i get a tutorial up because this is not encaustic. it’s oil paint, pins and stuff on canvas. it’s funny that people tend to assume my paintings are encaustic. more of my work is done with oils and lately i’ve been using alot of acrylics. i’ve only been using encaustic for about 4 years now. i’ve been oil painting for 24 years.
since you’re curious, i can tell you that my encaustic process doesn’t tend to follow such dramatic palette shits during the layering. with encaustic i work so small and with such transparent layers that the work would just get all muddied up if i worked this way.
i actually have a flickr page and a couple of photobucket accounts, all of which have the slideshow feature but thanks for the tip!
July 12, 2009 at 12:49 am
i really like this piece. seeing the stages is also a joy, almost like seeing photos of the sun under different wavelengths. i’m glad they were preserved photographically even if they’ve been otherwise buried. the second is my favorite after the final version. its always hard to remember to take progress photos that are any good, but i think the exercise was worth it here.
July 13, 2009 at 3:14 pm
well thank you, sir!
July 12, 2009 at 5:28 pm
This is one of my favorite pieces of yours, I gravitated to it immediately upon breaking into your house. A good deal of its attraction for me is its dimensional architectural, topographic, model-like quality.
July 13, 2009 at 3:16 pm
yes, that’s right. i remember i found you wiping your grubby hands all over it. thank you, Tom.