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Another image transfer. This time, it's on a painted canvas that's been sitting around for over a year waiting for me to decide what to do with it. I followed a technique of creating texture using aluminum foil - spread over a canvas that's been coated with gel medium; then before it dries down you can crimp and fold and scrunch the foil. Once dried, over the foil you paint a layer of white gesso. Then you're free to paint whatever you wish. I liked the textures, found some colors, and created a little upper corner sun with a catalyst comb. All very abstract at the time, but it felt incomplete and I had no clue how to finish it. So I set it aside.
Recently I came across some old Kodak HIE (infrared) negatives from a trip we made to Kodachrome Basin State Park, in Utah, USA. Beautiful red rock country. There were lots of hoodoos around - not a lot of people. In fact, the place was mostly deserted when we were there - no cell phone service, either. It was big and wide and hot.
I made two gel medium image transfers, a process of applying several layers of gel medium over a simple laser print. The gel dries clear, and you soak the paper in a tray of water and rub off the printer paper until only the image, now embedded in the dried clear gel medium, is left.
The result is a very transparent image:
With my small "fussy cutting" scissors, I cut out the parts that I wanted and some of the clouds. I didn't want the solid black sky over the painted surface of the canvas. I also had some size limits, so certain parts had to go. Glued everything down and added some more acrylic paint in a few places.
I'm not certain I was successful, but I can't work on it any more.
This is my attempt to capture the feeling of this place, from that day. Ancient stone formations, no wind, silence, cut off from cell phone interference and the outside world - everything baking in shimmering air under a blistering sun.
14x18" canvas, acrylic paint, gold and silver Speedball inks.
All comments welcomed and appreciated. It's about the weirdest thing I've ever done, so I won't be offended if it doesn't strike a positive note.
Thanks for looking!
Recently I came across some old Kodak HIE (infrared) negatives from a trip we made to Kodachrome Basin State Park, in Utah, USA. Beautiful red rock country. There were lots of hoodoos around - not a lot of people. In fact, the place was mostly deserted when we were there - no cell phone service, either. It was big and wide and hot.
I made two gel medium image transfers, a process of applying several layers of gel medium over a simple laser print. The gel dries clear, and you soak the paper in a tray of water and rub off the printer paper until only the image, now embedded in the dried clear gel medium, is left.
The result is a very transparent image:
With my small "fussy cutting" scissors, I cut out the parts that I wanted and some of the clouds. I didn't want the solid black sky over the painted surface of the canvas. I also had some size limits, so certain parts had to go. Glued everything down and added some more acrylic paint in a few places.
I'm not certain I was successful, but I can't work on it any more.
This is my attempt to capture the feeling of this place, from that day. Ancient stone formations, no wind, silence, cut off from cell phone interference and the outside world - everything baking in shimmering air under a blistering sun.
14x18" canvas, acrylic paint, gold and silver Speedball inks.
All comments welcomed and appreciated. It's about the weirdest thing I've ever done, so I won't be offended if it doesn't strike a positive note.
Thanks for looking!
