CONTEXT
I photograph pictographs, marinescapes, ikebana, my own sculpture, and leave the files on my hard drive.
Then, I browse images on screen until one speaks to me.
Sometimes I work-up a notion in PhotoShop.
Often, I do nothing with it for a long time -- perhaps until another browsing trail leads me back to it.
Finally it might become a simple inkjet print, or a PhotoShop project, or a chiseled carving.
Often I take pictures of the work-in-progress, and work them into the progress of the work.
Then, I browse images on screen until one speaks to me.
Sometimes I work-up a notion in PhotoShop.
Often, I do nothing with it for a long time -- perhaps until another browsing trail leads me back to it.
Finally it might become a simple inkjet print, or a PhotoShop project, or a chiseled carving.
Often I take pictures of the work-in-progress, and work them into the progress of the work.
Let's begin with the Head Case Fugitives:
Head Case gold lining reflects indoor light: the face in the window is the original Nara Fugitive.
The Head Case is made from redwood fence boards lined with gold mylar: three fugitive masks revolve on the disc at bottom.
Upon leaving Head Case, the Nara fugitive looked like metallic gold:
WOOD + COLOR = @WOODCOLOR
Acrylics on wood come through the light strained, even when mixed or blended.
I've tried electronic palettes in the Creative Cloud -- they gravitate toward an electronic idiom, such as you see in Character Design creations.
I've tried many stains, paints and other media -- the only one I can manage in color and texture in the play of light on wood seems an unlikely choice, pastel.
Then, I photograph whatever I've got and photograph it some more -- and when I cant do anymore with the colors and characters, I try PhotoShop.
Maybe one iteration or another is encouraging on the screen, or maybe it looks better when I print, or overprint on paper or canvas.
Perhaps, then I go back to my chisels or knives (on wood).
Sometimes I get something replicable.
Other times one of a kind is all there is.
After time on the loose, the Nara Fugitive has worn himself to look like this:
Meanwhile, the Fugitive with Nose gleams gold in sunlight.
Fugitive with Nose now has Mask on Mask, groaty colors.
Below, fugitives are in the landscape: one has been cocooned, presumably to be eaten later, and you can see the other is still on the loose.
