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Night Swimming
©2016 Katherine Kean
graphite 10 x 8 inches |
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Night Swimming 2
©2016 Katherine Kean
graphite 9 x 8 inches |
I never forgot having an encounter with an owl while swimming at night. My guess at the time, as it swooped very low just over my head, is that with just my head above water I must have appeared to be prey. I'm thankful the owl had second thoughts. I've heard of other
owl situations that didn't end as well.
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Dream Drawing: Horse
©2016 Katherine Kean
graphite 6 x 10 inches |
I've been finalizing drawings and preparing linen for painting. I've been gradually changing from stretched supports to linens glued down to panels. It requires a longer preparation time, but less, make that no, sagging, buckling, re-stretching, tightening, denting headaches down the road.
I've been using Lineco glue for the archival and reversible qualities, but find it a pain on larger sizes. It sets so fast that the glue on one end of the panel is dry before I can finish applying it to the rest. I'm going to try BEVA film next time. It is heat activated, so I may be able to simply iron it down. Either way, I'm finding it handy to have many large format art books handy. They do make incredible weights.
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Chair Books Fire Water Dream wip
©2016 Katherine Kean
oil on linen on panel |
The same art books appear in this dream based painting shown in the initial blocking in stage. Some of
the drawings made to develop this image can be found here:
Dream Sketch :Books, Chair, Fire, Water.
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