I've been channeling wood grains lately, it may be something my Dad passed on to me, this fascination with trees, exterior and interior.
I love the look of them, the smell of them, the feel of their textures, our home is surrounded with them. Oak, Black Cherry, Butternut... My father loved working in the woods, he'd come home covered in pitch and the glorious, musky smell of wood.
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| Teak |
The above piece reminds me of Teak, it's not far off the mark. I've created several pieces with the look of luminous wood grains. Each piece began with lots of texture elements and under painted in a combo of bronze and gold metallic paint. The finished pieces dance with light and life
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| #135 |
This one, the richness of Mahogany with the cracked blue for contrast.
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| Mahogany |
Love my crackle, though I must say I've been having a terrible time with bottles that won't crackle, I now do a test run on watercolour paper before risking them on my works in progress.
Not sure what's up with Jo Sonja's crackle, I lost 6 bottles this winter due to them getting chilled while waiting in a warehouse for me to pick them up, but two out of four new Spring ordered bottles failed to crackle. Carefully stored, properly used. I share this, just so you know sometimes products just don't do what they should, it's not always us that's messing it up :-)
"Intuitive painting stimulates insight...The intelligence of creativity speaks through insights." M Cassou
