"Octopus Vase Finished"
6" x 6," Oil on Wood
I saw this vase in a museum and fell in love with it.
Of course I kept no record so I have no idea who, where or when.
My vote goes with some Greek Island in the seventh century.
Of course it could be contemporary!
Anyway my way of absorbing it is to paint it.
I like thinking about the anonymous artist who designed the octopus.
3 comments:
You painted it so well that the vase artist would be proud! The vessel itself might even be older than 7th century, a marine motif of the Greek fishermen. Hope it brought them luck! Also, Sharon, when you say, "Oil on Wood," do you have wood cut or do you buy it? And what kind of wood and how do you treat it?
xoxo
laurelle @ muditaart
Thanks Laurelle. I agree the vessel does seem very very old.
Dick Blick has cradled wood panels very reasonably priced:
http://www.dickblick.com/products/blick-studio-wood-panels/
I gesso them myself with varying techniques, smooth, plastered textured, sometimes oil gesso (on top of waterbased to keep wood safe.
Also I just went to an upscale lumberyard and got a 4'x8' sheet of plywood with quality maple on one side cut up into many many small pieces (I paidextra) and have started to use those too. I saved one larger piece to use as a palette and it's working very well!
Amazing light, and "shine" on a non shiny object. Great details on the octopus :)
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