Watching Her Heart
Watching Her Heart
mixed media on canvas
6" x 8" x 1.5"
$50
I'm very pleased with this piece. Look closely behind the heart and you can see the eyes of a woman "watching her heart".
I started out with a deep stretched canvas, building up the green and blue surface with beeswax, crayon and flecks of gold leaf. Once that was dry, I made the cut-out in the centre so I could recess the 3-D heart. The final step was to affix the woman's face from the back. The woman's face is actually cut out from a famous poster by Rossetti. I had the poster in my living room for years - it was dry mounted on foamcore board, so it worked perfectly in this project (gave a nice clean finish for the back of the painting).
This painting is flexible in that it can stand up on its own (on a mantel or bookcase, for example) or be hung on the wall.
mixed media on canvas
6" x 8" x 1.5"
$50
I'm very pleased with this piece. Look closely behind the heart and you can see the eyes of a woman "watching her heart".
I started out with a deep stretched canvas, building up the green and blue surface with beeswax, crayon and flecks of gold leaf. Once that was dry, I made the cut-out in the centre so I could recess the 3-D heart. The final step was to affix the woman's face from the back. The woman's face is actually cut out from a famous poster by Rossetti. I had the poster in my living room for years - it was dry mounted on foamcore board, so it worked perfectly in this project (gave a nice clean finish for the back of the painting).
This painting is flexible in that it can stand up on its own (on a mantel or bookcase, for example) or be hung on the wall.
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I love this piece!
In fact, I loved it so much when I saw it that I used it as the basis for the cover art for my band's Cd, which I hope you don't mind. We're four people who love to make music together and the Cd's are strictly for personal use, and not for sale, nor will they ever be. I just wanted something wonderful to put on the Cd and jewel case, and your artwork definitely fit into the "wonderful" category.
Anyway, I'd like to feature both your piece, with a link-back to your site and attribution, and my use of it, on my blog. Please let me know if that's all right. (If you'd like to see what I did with your piece before deciding, you can contact me at: anitra.who@gmail.com )