My background sort of evolved as I went along. It started as a piece of canvas with layers of gesso, newspaper (car advertisements of course for men) and gel medium. The blocks, a kind of homage to Mondrian, are coloured with Tinkerbella inks which, being acrylic show the brush strokes form the layer below which I like, and black embossing. The transfer is in fact Gene Kelly as Pierrot from one of the dance vignettes in the movie Circus in which the Gene Kelly Pierrot longs for the beautiful dancer from the circus who is in love with an acrobat, leaving Pierrot in great pain and anguish and I really liked that contrast of stark form to the background and soft pain of the image it sort of seemed to reflect the contradiction many men face where they are expected to be "strong" and not "emotional" in the way in which they engage with the world.
16 comments:
really fantastic!!!
Oh wow very impressive.
Awesome card.
Gorgeous card!
I love how this card turned out. It's pretty awesome.
I love the blocks of colour and I am so impressed that you painted it with REAL paints (I only do digital!). This is a beautiful work and it would look great on any wall. Fantastic stuff.
Fantastic background. Never used those inks, must check them out. The tranfer is brilliant too, very very effective!
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What a great idea for the challenge! Super postcard!
Step aside Mondrian!! What a fantastic background that just suits this mime fellow so beautifully!
Wow, fabulous colours, amazing postcard!!!
I love this piece!! Your background i stunning and just suits Pierrot. I love Gene Kelly but I think I saw that movie only once, it was too sad for me to watch if I remember right.
Wow = great postcard; really enjoyed reading about your creative process and the thought behind it all :)
Great card. I've never seen that movie.
great
this one is so wonderful!!!
Love your thought process for this one. The outcome is great. Love the way you can see through the layers.
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