This piece was inspired by lava rocks we saw in Hawaii. They give great abstract designs. I coated the paper with black gesso tinted with Thalo blue fluid acrylic. When dry, I added diluted white gesso, covering it with various types of plastic, and wax paper. I worked one element at a time. Some areas, I simply spritzed some alcohol onto the semi dry paint and watched what happened. When dry, I went over with thinned fluid acrylics in gold, thalo blue, red iron oxide, and some ultramarine blue.
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| Phase 1 |
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| Phase 2 |
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| Moon Rocks Diptych |
Then I set it on the mantle a while and decided it needed some symbols or lines. I cut out my designs using sticky back foam, like the kids use for art projects.
After sitting long enough to find the orange foam too garish, I decided to follow the patterns and use copper paint, and paint skins to unite the rocks. I cut it into two pieces and am going to present it as a diptych.
Right now, I feel like moon rocks fits for a title.
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| This is the reference photo I used for my inspiration. Lava from the Big Island of Hawaii |
