I got accepted to create a new work, Serenity, for Metal Haus Gallery for their “Evoke” show. I’ll be working at a 24” round format and starting with the film negative for Cherry Blossoms and Fishing Line (2).
The Cherry Blossoms and Fishing Line triptych have these nostalgic colors that evoke childhood. The soft focus flowers gives it a gentleness. In contrast, the sharp-focus fishing line, looping around the image creates a circular emotion; a rather nice visual metaphor for reciting a mantra in meditation.
I’m planning to do an acrylic gel transfer, some acrylic washes, and play with embedding literal fishing wire into Serenity.
Step 1: Using the film negative to create a new digital version for printing.
… I’m trying to get back into vlogging regularly. Which is really hard for me. There’s the anxious guilt of “I haven’t done this since X; I really should do it.” There’s the clash of perfectionism against being out of practice; slower and knowing you can do better…
First vlog starts out pretty meandering, but covers my initial proposal and walks through digitizing the negatives.