Thursday, February 15, 2007

For the Love of Birds



How sweet are these bird paintings by Amy Ruppel...

Amy has new work for sale at Velocity! This is good to know b/c all the work on her website shop is sold.

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2 comments:

Jennifer Hsu said...

I LOVE THESE! I see that her paintings are made with:

Paper, oils and a beeswax/resin
mixture on birch wood

What's the deal with beeswax? That part makes it sound very unique texture-wise...

Jannell Turner said...

yes, the beeswax gives it such a thick layer with slight opacity, so that you can do layers underneath and on top. also, you can then draw on top of it like you're carving into it, leaves a nice texture. i've seen it in studios but never worked with it... you have to it heat up in order to put it down on your surface. it is apparently a somwhat cumbersome process.