Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Laurie Mcclave painting time lapse #2
new video time lapse of my painting progress for the new series Faces of Eve!!!!
The faces of Eve project
Hello Everyone
I am creating a series of paintings for several upcoming shows around the country.
The series will deal with the perceptions we hold of women and their different iconic personalities, strengths and weaknesses...
for example... the saint, the lover, the martyr, the mother, the sinner and so-forth...Some people would lump the martyr and the mother together, but that is another story....
I will use symbolism both animal and political to describe these traits in my own unique style, some have described as fantastic realism...
My technique..I paint with oils and oil mediums on wood and canvas and the techniques I use are mostly traditional borrowing from the old masters of Renaissance painting. I start to paint from the support up in thin layers starting with a graphite or charcoal drawing. The colors I use are also based on the traditional but with a very saturated twist. I like to draw the viewer into the story by way of symbolism and color..
My muse? She is the woman in both classical art history and our Popular social culture...
I will be drawing upon iconic images from both , art history and popular culture to pursue this goal.
I will use the money raised to pay for my supplies to complete this series such as, canvas, wood board, paints, mediums , brushes and the printing of limited editions.
The faces of Eve
I am creating a series of paintings for several upcoming shows around the country.
The series will deal with the perceptions we hold of women and their different iconic personalities, strengths and weaknesses...
for example... the saint, the lover, the martyr, the mother, the sinner and so-forth...Some people would lump the martyr and the mother together, but that is another story....
I will use symbolism both animal and political to describe these traits in my own unique style, some have described as fantastic realism...
My technique..I paint with oils and oil mediums on wood and canvas and the techniques I use are mostly traditional borrowing from the old masters of Renaissance painting. I start to paint from the support up in thin layers starting with a graphite or charcoal drawing. The colors I use are also based on the traditional but with a very saturated twist. I like to draw the viewer into the story by way of symbolism and color..
My muse? She is the woman in both classical art history and our Popular social culture...
I will be drawing upon iconic images from both , art history and popular culture to pursue this goal.
I will use the money raised to pay for my supplies to complete this series such as, canvas, wood board, paints, mediums , brushes and the printing of limited editions.
The faces of Eve
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Paul Frank...ART ATTACK CONTEST!@@
Today....
I did an out of the ordinary thing. I entered my work in a contest...
So Please, please take a moment if you are reading this and vote for my work there... I stand the slimmest of slim chances of winning some art supplies or, at least getting noticed, foot in door kind of thing. Every little bit helps, so go and check it out !
Vote here
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Postcards or ACEOs available now on my Red Bubble site!
The Red Bubble has now started making postcards! Now you can get my artwork in 4x6 archival high quality prints!
WOOT!
And they are totally affordable! not only that, they give you a break when you buy in multiples and they let you mix and match!You can still get all my other images in Greeting cards and prints as well and at wonderful prices!
Head on over and check out my site and the other artists on the Bubble :)
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Who does she think she is?
This is a question I feel sometimes burning my backside, other times I ask myself that question. In those moments of self doubt, I am wondering why I have a talent (my best talent) for something that is not a stable, viable source of income. In the world of fine visual art some artists do make it, but the slice of pie is skinny... and if you broke that down to the ratio of women that do well enough to make a living.... even skinnier! So some doubt is perfectly reasonable...... then I saw this video... I know this is 20 years old, but not a whole lot has changed and that, I feel is very sad.
Who does she think she is?
I love what I do and I love my family. I would not want to trade that, just make it better. More on that later.....
This is my latest canvas... just finished. she is called 'The conundrum of Wrath
Who does she think she is?
I love what I do and I love my family. I would not want to trade that, just make it better. More on that later.....
This is my latest canvas... just finished. she is called 'The conundrum of Wrath
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