During my research one of the traditional methods to gesso wood and the linen mounted on the wood was to use animal glue. While I’m not attaching linen on top of the wood I wanted to create a surface for the paint to adhere to the wood. I decided that I wanted to try using… Continue reading Gelatin as gessso
Tag: paintings
Modern Icons
I’m working on a project for school creating contemporary versions of Byzantine and Russian Orthodox Icons. I’ve been researching extensively the historical methods that these icons were created using tempera paint on wood with gold gilding. While I will not be using the exact methods that these works of art were made with I am… Continue reading Modern Icons
Better late than never
I can’t believe the school semester is almost over! I could use school as an excuse for my infrequent and late blog posts but, that would be a lie. I’m just not very good with sitting down and writing about the images I take to go along with the work I do. That should probably… Continue reading Better late than never
Current Shows
For the month of June I have two places you can see my work locally in Nashville, TN. I have a large body of my Alaskan paintings on display at Colab www.nashville.colabusa.com . My work will be there through the July Downtown Art Crawl. I also have work through the end of June on display at… Continue reading Current Shows
