Splish Splash

I have had this vintage image for the longest time and while sorting through my image collection I came across this and an image of my tree branches. The hose was a perfect line element. Having raised birds for a period in my life, I know the joy they have with water. So, Splish Splash, little birds.

All That Glows

10x10 by Sandra Duran Wilson

This painting started with a gesso transfer, using gold gesso and a laser image. A stencil was used to add dimensional shapes, clear layers of acrylic add more depth and more paint completes the work.

Large is Good

This piece, Floral Prose, started with a 24" x 36" gel transfer from a pigmented print on a gold leafed panel. It was my first this large and a success. The transfer was used as an underpainting.

I had been rereading the classics and I was thinking about Jane Austin as I did this piece and how the English must always dream of Spring. Maybe that is just me projecting my love of Spring and Summer.

Melody

Music is my muse. I create paintings to music. Try this yourself. Get your tools out, brushes, markers or whatever and put on some music. Let yourself flow with the melody and paint the sound.

Where Has the Summer Gone?

For some crazy reason, I have been on art binge where I am creating pieces with nudes. This is new to me but it has been a fun exploration.

Sandra and I spent all last winter working on our new book, Surface Techniques Workshop, and it has helped me incorporate much more to my art. In this piece I have several different transfers but have also incorporated skins, stencils, Crazy Easy Transfer Painting and collage. The fish is a wonderful 3-d element that was a gift from a friend.

Play, have fun, and paint like crazy!

I'm Back

Time Dance 12x12

June has disappeared, but now I am back. Here is a new painting called Time Dance. It may explain the time warp I have been in. This painting utilizes a new type of transfer called pulled paper that will be in the Surface Treatment book that will be out next year. The technique works with ink jet or newspapers. Simply apply some polymer medium to the surface, place the newsprint down and rub. Hum the Jeopardy song twice (or about 30 seconds if you don't know the song) and then pull the paper off. Some of the text stays and some from the reverse side is also glued on. This is a very abstract and rough transfer, but you can see that it adds an interesting graphic quality to the layer.

Be Happy

Sandra and I have been busy with our second book on surface treatments and I has been an incredibly expanding experience. It taught me to push the limits of every technique.

This piece, Be Happy, made me feel so good to do. It started with an vintage scrapbook that a dear friend had given me. The image transfer over it made a tattoo image on the girl's arm which I love. I also used paint and gel skins and a faux encaustic finish.

I never use a straight image transfer. I am painting under it and over it to make it mesh with the whole painting.