Echo of a Concrete Sculpture: Painting with Copper Stitches

[Hermes2020]

This is the painting I was referring to in my response to Donna T's post Scribble, Spray, Scratch and repeat:

Scribble, Spray, Scratch and repeat

I found a blog post by abstract artist Jane Davies where she talks about scribbling and making marks when she's frustrated with her work. I'm able to scribble so I gave it a shot. Spraying water on the scribbles made with NeoColor II crayons created watercolor effects and covering passages with...

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This is painted on reinforced primed hardboard in Winsor & Newton Griffin alkyd paints. Size: 1220 x 800 mm. There is some 3mm copper tubing used as stitching to link certain elements. The shapes are profiles I borrowed from my Reclining Nude Concrete Sculpture.

Reclining Nude Concrete Sculpture

Approximately life size (length 2 m) poolside sculpture. The sculpture consists of fast set concrete slices joined with 10 mm stainless steel threaded rod and stainless steel nuts. The patination forms naturally and varies from batch to batch when the concrete is mixed. I liked the colours that...

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This painting will hang in the living room that overlooks the pool and concrete sculpture, so there will be some resonance between the sculpture and this painting.

It is quite a big painting, so here are some details to show the textures.

 

[ZenDruid]

Love the design, texture and colors in this!

 

[CaliAnn]

This is so cool! I see the neck of a guitar, with the strings - the whole thing makes me think of music and a guitar. Superb!

 

[Hermes2020]

Love the design, texture and colors in this!

Thank you, sir.

 

[Hermes2020]

This is so cool! I see the neck of a guitar, with the strings - the whole thing makes me think of music and a guitar. Superb!

Thank you. It's interesting that it gives you a feeling of music. Those shapes are actually profiles of parts of the body of the concrete nude man.

 

[Donna T]

Absolutely stunning piece! The textural areas add so much interest and depth and the copper tubing adds color as well as a 3-D surprise. I see a sort of skeletal structure with the way the tubing connects the "body" shapes and I see the guitar reference too. I'll bet it looks amazing with your concrete sculpture just outside the window!

 

[Hermes2020]

Absolutely stunning piece! The textural areas add so much interest and depth and the copper tubing adds color as well as a 3-D surprise. I see a sort of skeletal structure with the way the tubing connects the "body" shapes and I see the guitar reference too. I'll bet it looks amazing with your concrete sculpture just outside the window!

Thank you, Donna. It will only be installed at the house with the pool next weekend, but I am pretty sure it will work there.

 

[Terri]

Stunning!!

 

[Artyczar]

Bravo Hermes! You have such a great eye for abstraction. Great composition and elements here. So intriguing and beautiful!

 

[Hermes2020]

Bravo Hermes! You have such a great eye for abstraction. Great composition and elements here. So intriguing and beautiful!

Thank you for your kind words!

 

[Captainnumber36]

I love it! Good job.

 

[Rich53]

Technical question (sheer curiosity on my part ) : are the copper pieces coated with something, or will they oxidize naturally?

--Rich

 

[Hermes2020]

I love it! Good job.

Thank you very much.

 

[Hermes2020]

Technical question (sheer curiosity on my part ) : are the copper pieces coated with something, or will they oxidize naturally?

--Rich

Ha, I like technical questions . I haven't quite decided what to do yet. At the moment they are uncoated and I didn't polish them before adding them to the painting. That was their state of shininess on the roll I cut the lengths from, so the copper will darken naturally over time. I think I will wait and see how they look after a few months on site. Since I will always have access to the painting, I could polish and varnish them any time later. I'm guessing I will not do that and will end up just leaving them to do what they want to do. A dynamic situation will be an added dimension.

 

[Joy]

I really like the shapes, color harmony, and the genius idea of the copper stitching to tie it together. Creativity is really your strongpoint, and I have great admiration for original ideas. Since I overwork everything, Making a decision on when something is finished is challenging. Any more or less paint/shapes on this beauty are not needed.

 

[Hermes2020]

Thank you, Joy. I'm glad it appealed to you.

 

[Rich53]

Ha, I like technical questions . I haven't quite decided what to do yet. At the moment they are uncoated and I didn't polish them before adding them to the painting. That was their state of shininess on the roll I cut the lengths from, so the copper will darken naturally over time. I think I will wait and see how they look after a few months on site. Since I will always have access to the painting, I could polish and varnish them any time later. I'm guessing I will not do that and will end up just leaving them to do what they want to do. A dynamic situation will be an added dimension.

OK, thanks!

--Rich

 

[Rich53]

... Since I overwork everything, Making a decision on when something is finished is challenging. Any more or less paint/shapes on this beauty are not needed.

Michaelangelo, looking at the finished Sistine Chapel: "Hmmm... Maybe if I make Ezekiel's robes a little darker..."

--Rich