"Charisma I and II" are mixed media paintings, 16"W x 20"H, on cradled wood panels. They are works in progress.
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"Charisma I" |
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"Charisma II" |
Painting process posts by Ellen McCormick Martens
Day before yesterday, trying to get back into my art practice, I did a sketch. I was looking into astrological transits for that day, and the Sun happened to be at 3° Virgo, (rounding up). I looked up the degree in Dane Rudhyar's book An Astrological Mandala, and the keywords were STRENGTH WITHIN, so I made that the title of the sketch. I had done a sketch the day before, and I titled it LIBERATING ORDEAL, and the sketch today is named BROTHERHOOD. I am not very good at consistency, but if I can keep it going, I will use the keywords for each degree until this time next year, as titles for my daily sketches.
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"Liberating Ordeal" |
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"Strength Within" |
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"Brotherhood" |
These two were somewhat static until I decided to attack with drippy paint. Then I added contact paper masks and covered the surfaces with Quinacridone Crimson mixed with Indian Yellow Hue. I am pondering them, seeing if they need anything more.
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Unified Field Redux |
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Unified Field (2020) |
"Birds, Maybe?" 14x14x1.5", acrylic on cradled wood panel. This was an old painting that was unsuccessful, so I painted over it with patches of bright colors that harmonized with the underlying paint but obscured it. Then I mixed white and all the other colors, mostly Indian Yellow, and painted into it, finding negative shapes wherever they seemed to go. It started to look like bird shapes. This is a work in progress, so it could change a lot.
"Bridges I and II", 12x12", collages on canvas that I am working into with acrylic paint. I disliked these two as collages, so I covered the entire surface with red paint, then applied masks in shapes and went over the whole surface again, with dark blue-green. They sat in my studio for a long time, until the other day, when I sanded them,and painted a neutral color between the shapes and collages. It seemed to be too much, so I wiped off the paint, but some of it came off more than other areas, and I got these intriguing shapes in dark grey-ish blue-green. I don't know what comes next; this is an experiment!
Based upon the vision of Ezekiel, this is a symbolic representation of the universe as we see it from our perspective on this planet. Collage on flat wood panels, 6x6x1/8" each. Contact me by email at ellecoyoteart@gmail.com to purchase. $50 each, including tax and free shipping within the contiguous USA.
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Wheels Within Wheels I |
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Wheels Within Wheels II |
"Leviathan", in the Family series, acrylic and paper on cradled wood panel, 20x20". In the blood we share lives a hidden beast deep in the murky darkness. We can explore the shadow side and accept it. That is part of the process of healing and becoming whole.