Tiger Whitehead - III
There is still some minor touch-up required (the water around the big bear most obviously) and of course it needs a frame, but I think this is coming along quite nicely. You can click it to zoom in to a higher resolution version (although it looks better in person — my camera just can’t capture the subtle tone gradients, as well as the fact that you can’t really get just how textured it is).
To those who’ve been asking I’ll probably set up an online shop for both originals and prints soon. Thank you for the support in this!
April 28th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
count me in for a print.
April 28th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Why don’t you also sell some type of flash art? I know it’s not very original if we all buy the same piece but that would be amazing. I would get the work done as soon as I would get it in the mail.
May 4th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Haha, I love this…it has this innocent charm to it that feels really premodern, a world where the gun and the milk bottle can be displayed side by side as necessary tools for nurturing and livelihood, and man and creature will feed off eachother but understand the nature of that relationship.
Out of interest, do you use an acrylics medium to get the paint so textured?
May 4th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Gorgeous painting Shannon, I love it.
May 6th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Han — I don’t use mediums most of the time. I used to, but I don’t these days. To additionally accentuate the texture, I prep the canvas/wood in advance with a very heavy underlayer (which does often contain medium — as well as texturing agents). I also use “sludge” to build up that texture — http://tri-art.ca/en/products/sludge/
May 25th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
That cottage look like a Yert. Its pretty and idyllic but that mother bear is making me nervous.