Jul 24, 2018 | News from the studio, Pulp painting, Upcoming events
And we’re off! Within a few weeks, these very incomplete panels will be ready for installation in their new setting in the Topsfield, Ma town hall. Right now, it feels a bit intimidating looking at so much empty space. #commission, #megblackstudios, #topsfieldma...
Oct 27, 2017 | Pulp painting
Care Dimensions commission as it unfolds in my studio.
Oct 20, 2017 | Pulp painting
The commission for Care Dimensions in its beginning stages in my studio, October, 2017. The panels have been covered with a base sheet of pulp and the first layer of what will become the skies is poured directly onto this layer. Using basic “painting...
Oct 17, 2017 | Pulp painting
A blank canvas is many things to an artist. It’s a challenge and an opportunity. Having ordered the three panels from my friend “Ron the framer,” I secured the base sheet of pulp to the surfaces and am ready to begin the painting (left). This is...
Jul 21, 2017 | Pulp painting
Day four: Today I applied the background colors and reconfigured the palette. The sides of the painting are as of yet not glued to the back of the armature. That will happen sometime next week. My goal today is to shore up the details in the rock areas and add more...
Jul 11, 2017 | Pulp painting
Day one: Colored grids are measured by inches and 1/2 inches and marked up on the photographs. A corresponding grid pattern in 10 inch increments is marked onto surface of the painting. The surface is made up of beaten cotton and abaca pulp. I use a combination of...
