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Category Archives: Black birds
Prepare
It’s late now, and it’s the first chance I’ve had to sit and write today. The As the Crow Flies piece is installed over at the Hillcrest Centre, looking great in its own area. Each time I look at the … Continue reading
Posted in Black birds, Exhibits
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Thank you!
Many thanks to Lukas and Nate, who helped me to clean up the tree, repainting the tubes where they had been scraped during shipping and sanding and gluing the boxes that will accompany it when it’s installed. Lukas brought the … Continue reading
Posted in Black birds, Making work, Tarot-related paintings
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Death in tarot
It’s not such a bad thing to draw the death card in a tarot spread, because it usually is interpreted to mean transformative change rather than death itself. More interestingly, in alchemical symbolism the reaper and other images of death, … Continue reading
Installed!
This was a great day. After running a mile and practicing yoga with my friend Janet  this morning I spent a cheerful few hours installing Chris’ Gilded Ravens at his house. It was fluid and simple work, and turned out so well! … Continue reading
Finishing things
I’m in the studio, trying to get re-organized for the new year. I laid down the panel with the ravens so that I could see how it all looked together and climbed a ladder to shoot this picture for reference … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Black birds, Making work
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Even more ravens
After I dropped the children back at their home I visited the studio to clean up a little and decided that I might as well finish a few dozen additional panels that I had made for the large version of … Continue reading
Posted in Black birds, Life, Making work
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Drive
I spent much of the day in my car driving to pick up my kids who are spending the day with me in Santa Barbara, the best city in all of Southern California, then heading over to the studio to … Continue reading
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Ravens’ roost
  Busy times creating Chris’ Gilded Ravens piece, but with very satisfying results. I felt more like a cobbler than an artist today, spending several hours sitting at a table fixing hanging clips onto the back of my birds (no … Continue reading
Gilded ravens
When I laid down the gold on the panels I didn’t gild the edges, so they remained a very bright red from the undercoat. The red looks fabulous as it sneaks a peek out from beneath the gold where there … Continue reading
Blue Sky
I finished off gilding the last of the panels, creating some additional pieces for the large version. I can’t wait to rehang the large version at the Brand Gallery, I think these small additions will make a big difference. So, … Continue reading
