Monday 12 May 2014

#InMyStudio - "Dreaming of Orvieto"... gets a make over

Well, I thought I had reworked all the pieces I owned and that I had nothing left to "fix".
This piece has been up #InMyStudio since I got back from Italy and I guess altering it, just hadn't come up.
But this weekend - I took it down to put up my beautiful new Reindeer head that I got for Mothers Day.
So I thought... "what the hell"...  Everything I am doing at the moment, is about practice!

At first Kitty was literally having heart failure that I was going to alter this...
But she eventually came around!  As for me... I'm completely blown away!!!
To me it doesn't even look like the same painting.


I originally did this piece in OilPaints - it was before I had learnt how to use Acrylics,
so my makeover would have to be in oils too... mentally - going there can be a challenge in itself.
Don't get me wrong, I love oils!!!  It's just a gearshift sometimes.


I was seriously trying not to freak out, esp at this middle stage.
My oils are getting old and a bit stogy.  I need to update some of them.
I was working with it thickly and it was messy and I was covered in OilPaints.
But I sat for about 5 hours straight and it was truly amazing when she started to appear.
(Funny, my girls always say to me - "Mommy, don't panic - she will come to you!")
And it felt so true with this piece.


What these two pieces look like together - what a transformation.
The soft naples yellow background just works so much better - it terms of a softer dreamier feel
and probably more in line with Italy!  And I'm loving the softer lines.
Totally stoked with this new/old piece.

6 comments:

  1. I love where your work is going ..... the softness and painterly direction is WONDERFUL!

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    1. Thank you so much my friend - I'm finding it easier to be a bit looser with the Oils. I'm so glad we had a bit of chat last night! Miss you stax <3

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  2. What a remarkable make over. Just love it. Love that you are re-painting your pieces. I´ve now come to that place too I think. So so need to redo them all! Have you tried Oil Sticks? I totally love them. Youll see when you get o Gillians workshop

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    1. I have only used white and black ones a little - but I'm looking so forward to it!!! You seem so happy!

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  3. Wow! What an anazing background with all those buildings. And those colors you always use, so so pretty.

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    1. Thank you - it's Orvieto in the background. It's mixed media. <3

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