Screenwriting, Lyrics, Art, and Investigation
Finished art, painted with heated wax and other multi-media.
Our girl from Mariokart 8. Since the internet, for some inexplicable reason, has few Toadette screengrabs, let me also include the original for others to find.
The original is so colorful. I almost regret how I covered the pink castle with encaustic layers. What do you think: Did I put the focus rightly on the toon, or did I lose the charm?
I thought the colors were appropriate for Easter. Here’s the funny part, though. This is a repurposed background. I was never satisfied with the original (as is often the case, lol), and I thought that a former Halloween piece becoming an Easter piece was profound, in some strange way.
Officially posting the piece I youtubed on Feb. 10, 2021. Remember, I want to know if pressing a flower, including ironing it, causes the color to sustain better. Stay tuned.
SOLD
Track Three is now available at bandcamp.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This is a store-bought cut flower that I quickly pressed for the holiday. The iron scorched the petals (oops), so I cheated the green a little with paint.
This is another example of a repurposed background. I felt the original piece didn’t quite hit the mark I wanted, and so it gets a second life.
I was never quite satisfied with the track art for the song “Burning” on Heart of Iron. Uploaded to bandcamp is this new encaustic piece, based on Robert Salmon’s 1828 painting Ship in Storm.
The original post introducing the first attempt at “Burning” track art is here. You can see why I was dissatisfied. Visually and thematically murky!
However, the funny part is this:
If you look closely you’ll see that the poinsettia piece is actually the original “Burning” art slightly smoothed and fused, and then repurposed as a background. Although I work on wallboard, which is inexpensive, the layers of wax and the build-up of color over days of painting are precious. It’s nice to get a second life out of something that became disappointing.
Second song from the ongoing Ardent album now live at bandcamp.
