'An Overwhelming Majority' - 6" x 6" - mixed media collage on hardboard panel
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Back in March, I was contacted by a lovely gallery with which I had worked in the past, Banks Fine Art (Dallas, TX), about doing a few samples of old money/coin paintings in the vein of Otis Kaye. It seemed a good challenge. I had only once attempted to paint coins several years back. And, as I had recently noted in my last post 'Full Circle', I wanted an excuse to do mixed media collage. My main body of work remains oil. This was a welcome little departure. I say "little" only because I've mostly been working on much larger oil paintings this year and to do a few smaller works at 8" x 10" and under is a relief.
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I had the liberty to create any stories I liked with the items chosen so long as each painting included depictions of old coins and bills (either painted by hand or collaged onto the panel surface). I decided to collage the bills and save my energy for the details of the coins and other objects I'd choose to include. Good call.
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This painting in particular, 'An Overwhelming Majority', created itself. The portrait of William M. Meredith on the 10 cent bill is hilarious. I Googled to see if this was a standard expression of his for all images. Yep. Looks to be so. In the 19th century, this was likely considered the proper countenance for an educated man posed for a portrait or photograph. Today we would say he simply looks miserable. In my estimation, he looks henpecked. So that's the direction I took with the painting. I surrounded his aggrieved and overwhelmed face with ten coins, all depicting ladies' profiles. Poor fool.
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With four paintings completed so far, I have a nice little foundation to branch off from. I'll be posting them every few days over the next two weeks in between other completed works and site/blog updates.
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If you have any technical questions about the painting, feel free to contact me directly by email. If you are interested in purchasing the painting, please contact Bob Banks at Banks Fine Art.
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I had the liberty to create any stories I liked with the items chosen so long as each painting included depictions of old coins and bills (either painted by hand or collaged onto the panel surface). I decided to collage the bills and save my energy for the details of the coins and other objects I'd choose to include. Good call.
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This painting in particular, 'An Overwhelming Majority', created itself. The portrait of William M. Meredith on the 10 cent bill is hilarious. I Googled to see if this was a standard expression of his for all images. Yep. Looks to be so. In the 19th century, this was likely considered the proper countenance for an educated man posed for a portrait or photograph. Today we would say he simply looks miserable. In my estimation, he looks henpecked. So that's the direction I took with the painting. I surrounded his aggrieved and overwhelmed face with ten coins, all depicting ladies' profiles. Poor fool.
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With four paintings completed so far, I have a nice little foundation to branch off from. I'll be posting them every few days over the next two weeks in between other completed works and site/blog updates.
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If you have any technical questions about the painting, feel free to contact me directly by email. If you are interested in purchasing the painting, please contact Bob Banks at Banks Fine Art.
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1 comments:
Very nice, Jelaine
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