Eye to Eye

I’m glad I get more time with them as I feel that none are complete. However, I’m pleased, meaning I would show these as is, if I had to.

But I am so grateful I don’t have to as they all need work and I need more time with them, especially the octopus and the goat.

For now, I’m on vacation and I’ll get back to it April 1. I’ll paint as I always do on vacation, but it’s easy, fun stuff, like ducks, butterflies, and Apple watch watch bands. I’ll complete a pair of shoes I’ve been working on, too. Stuff like that.

I’ll sip on cocktails and meet potential art lovers, because I could not do this without you, my family of art lovers.

Thanks for everything. You pushed me to next level and I can’t wait to see the next, then the next, and what’s next, and so on… (lol)

EYE TO EYE – painted in the almost lost art of egg tempura – solo show Bastrop Public Library – June thru July 2023

Divine dissatisfaction: it’s meaning reworded to suit me: This type of dissatisfaction is divine because it works alongside gratitude and awareness. It’s when you are simultaneously in tune with the beauty you’ve created while feeling pulled toward the next thing. This is a yearning that comes from something deeper in your nature, cultivated by learning the mind of God, enabling your true Self to emerge.

In progress

Food palette painting completed.

My painting is complete. It’s egg tempera with pigments made from our community garden, and I framed it in a Bastop area tree branch.

This piece is to be hung on the wall.

It’s my first completed egg tempera painting. But what’s most interesting is that my friend Todd and I created the pigment from nature using a method inspired by Caroline McCoy’s restaurant FOOD NY 1970s and burnt cigar.

I have titled it ”On the invisible battlefield.”

it’s priced at $425, shipping included. This could be an important piece, but only buy it if you like it, and hope the best is ahead for me in my fine arts career. Lol.

I think it is.

Framed in a branch and hangs on the wall with one nail
Detail

My palette made with pigment we ground.

The lost technique of egg tempera

William Clay gives freely his knowledge of egg tempera.

I can’t believe I get to study the lost art of egg tempera with this guy, William Clay.

He was a student of Peter Hurd

Here is a bit about Hurd and Wyeth

All Mr. Hurd wanted in return was for William to do the same: FREELY train this technique to the next generation.

Supplies Mr. William’s gave freely to each student.
This is the original recipe of the gesso you can buy commercially that you paint on Masonite boards.
Gesso instructions
Peter Hurd recommended this book about egg tempera. It was translated to English.