California Roses #2 SOLD
10x10" highly textured mixed media abstract floral acrylic painting
California Roses #4
10x10" highly textured mixed media abstract floral acrylic painting
California Roses #5
10x10" highly textured mixed media abstract floral acrylic painting
California Roses #6
10x10" highly textured mixed media abstract floral acrylic painting
The edges of the gallery wrapped canvas
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See my blog post HERE about how these paintings came to be at the Robert Burridge mentoring workshop in Arroyo Grande CA.
Today I've decided to type up a disclaimer and attach it to the back of each of these 6 paintings and below is what I think needs to be said. (one has sold, the #2 and the rest are for sale on my online gallery)
California Roses (series 1-6) Thank you for purchasing one
of these small 10x10” highly textured, mixed media, abstract florals. I live in
Texas and traveled to CA for a
mentoring workshop and needed to travel light, without wooden stretcher bars. I
purchased flat canvas, cut it up into the desired sizes, gessoed and textured
it at home, and painted it in CA. On the return trip I made a painting sandwich
with 4 mil plastic between the layers and rolled up the canvas. It was all an
experiment to see if it would work. At home I ordered wooden stretcher bars,
used a staple gun and went to work stretching painted highly textured canvases.
Do not attempt this. It is hard to do. Lol but I got it done and not the best
job because with all the texture you can’t get a taut a canvas than if you’d
stretched it then painted but I wanted to try it. (Maybe you could if you have
more stretching muscles than I do.) I came through check in at 50 lbs and
didn’t have to pay any extra baggage fee so it met one of my goals but TSA did
their usual baggage check with my paints and equipment.
I’ve applied two coats of semi-gloss varnish after
stretching. The paintings are signed on the side so they can be hung in any
orientation. No hanging devices are on the back because of this and I’ve found
these smaller pieces will fit flush up against the wall better if two nails are
driven into the wall and the painting is hung over them. One of the paintings
sold at the workshop and will be on its return trip to CA. There will be other
sizes, other colors but none with this particular story. I have since ordered
an electric staple gun to use up the rest of the canvas and stretcher bars but
I WILL be texturing and painting after the canvas has been stretched. I hope
you enjoy your very experimental California Rose painting.
Save the date for the AMA reception August 17, 2012. I delivered 3 paintings yesterday for the Heartbeat invitational show that runs from Aug 15-Sept 21.
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