Altered art book page 19 continued Beyond the Veil again

This is my 90th post!  Do I want a medal for it? YES! Continuing with page 19 of my Altered art book: I thought that this extract from my dissertation would go quite well with page 19 of my Altered art book: “The idea of the artist as magician is not a new one.  The

Not too busy to stop for Tea….

I have been SO busy this week, I’ve not stopped!  I’ve hardly had time to blog even.  I need to get round to the magician part of page 19 in my Altered art book, but not had the time (plus I blog in advance as it is!).  I can’t remember which shop window I snapped

My Surfaces: ‘Unveiled’ Journal unveiled

  This project journal employed the unusual componant of pasta! spagetti, this wasn’t difficult to paint on.  I have used pasta as a medium before in a painting called ‘Noise’   Here is a detail from the journal front:   If you look closely you can see some exposed foil. I’m very fond of using

Altered art book Page 19 Behind the Curtain

Continuing my Altered art book: page 19: the words I have chosen are; He had a moment of clairvoyance He turned cold inside and something tightened in his head…… I had a bit of a job with this.  Why had I chosen those words so long ago?   ‘A moment of clairvoyance’ what does it

The Creeping Woman in the Wallpaper

  This painting ‘Creeping Woman’ is part of the ‘Yellow Wallpaper’ (part 3 of the ‘Echostains’ project).  The ‘Yellow Wallpaper’ is  a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.  If you have read it, you will see where this piece was coming from.   I wanted to get on with my Altered art book today but I have

Shaking the dead by the Finger

styx In this painting , I used ink, some acrylic and filler.  I tend to use a lot of this as an impasto, it mixes well with acrylic and gives a nice surface for painting on using inks etc.  Originally this painting was called St Michan’s, after the Church in Dublin, where I spent my birthday shaking

Blue Animation from ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ Echostains

  ‘Blue Animation is part of the ‘Echostains’ project.  The project is about communication – all types.  In the third part of the project (The Yellow Wallpaper), gestural marks are made to ‘suggest’ shapes, thoughts, feelings, etc.  ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ is a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and tells the tale of a woman

Everything stops for tea, even me!

I was going to do some more of my Altered art book today, but I’ve been too busy and just haven’t had the time.  This is a quick post.  I just haven’t stopped today, except for a cup of tea that is.  I don’t drink coffee, I like the smell of it, and I don’t