Here we are a few days later and I have poured resin on the painting and it is sealed and very shiny. It heightens the colour in one way and it also adds a layer of depth to the painting too. I have to always intensify the detail because the resin softens all of the fine handwork and creates an even dreamier image. For me this image is really called Tree House because this is what it is, a California Redwood! valgalstyle :)
" If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it" ~Toni Morrison
My submission for Illustration Friday's "surrender" theme is a dimensional painting. Liquitex acrylics on wood panel with wood frame, foamboard building, handmade paper shingles and clay chimney and door handle. The painting is called Home in the Woods.
photos and art by Valerie Walsh 2011
Very cool. I dig it. I thought it was a box at first.
ReplyDeleteWould make an awesome box. You could paint a house for each season on each side, put it in a cubby hole, and just rotate it through-out the year.
Anyhow, good job! Very charming.
Ah...looks a bit sad, this home!
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ReplyDeleteI love this dimensional painting :)
The roof is amazing and of course the birds also. The owl is soo cute :)
Fabulous, Valerie. I can't believe you incorporated so many materials! And it's a great quote.
ReplyDeleteholy woodsyeowza! look at all the detail! :D that chimney is really really cute! so ya know, my grandma jones was in love with owls…(she was my favorite grandma) and anytime i see an owl, my heart just melts thinking of her.
ReplyDeleteshe would have just loved seeing that full belly fella in the window there… :D
i really dig how this cozy little wood home feels even more cozy because it's tucked safely inside the frame…
so endearing ~
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I agree with ALL your other comments. So clever -- love the frame idea.
ReplyDeleteThe glow in the window makes me want to get a peek inside!
ReplyDeleteIntriguing piece, Valerie! And so is Ms. Morrison's quote! Food for thought, that's what I need!
ReplyDeletevery cool painting.
ReplyDeleteI just love your art Val! 3-D is totally awesome!
ReplyDeleteWonderful emotion yielding illustration!
ReplyDeletevery, very cool, love the 3d.
ReplyDeleteoh this is an expressive little house. the eyes, ah, windows, are soulful.
ReplyDeleteride the air, the wind? i want to....
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A house with an owl is a house with heart! Love it Val!
ReplyDeleteWonderful job!
ReplyDeleteThis is so lovely! I would love to hold it and feel all the textures and those paper shingles. You always create such an amazing mood with each of your pieces. I look at these and picture you creating and thinking and waiting for stuff to dry so you can keep going. The video you shared makes these creations even more special.
ReplyDeletereally cute and a little bit sad this house !!!
ReplyDeletesuper job with the texture on this one...another one that really grabs you!!!
ReplyDeleteWell, Toni Morrison is right, and it is even better if the wind brings you to a little house like this one.. Sorry I have been lost lately.. this grown old boy life is making me crazy.. hahahaha.. I hope everything is doing well with you over there.. A big hug from here.. =)
ReplyDeleteCute cozy cottage!
ReplyDeleteYour houses are the best, Val!
ReplyDeleteI love the little owl and branches with leaves in the windows...the house keeps the spirit of nature inside, it's alive ♥
ReplyDeleteI always love how vibrant and colorful your work is! :)
ReplyDeleteshhhwing! :D
ReplyDeletei was looking at the top where the super shiny spots are...LOVE it! The Cali Redwood is the tallest, strong and sturdiest of the trees that protect the little sweet animals of the woods...perfect~ :D
Hey Val. Dimensional painting is cool and you bring it to a totally new dimension! Your vibrant colors really bring out the depth. I really like the tree designs and the little birdies ;o) I really love this!!
ReplyDeletePrecioso, precioso, eso es un cuadro con arte.
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i liked how it turned out. it is beautiful valerie. it has window sleepy eyes and a half smiling door. the california redwood was a good choice :)
ReplyDeleteI was fascinated by the effect of the resin on the painting; magic!
ReplyDeleteBeing tired in the back of the car and tossing your head back and forth to the rhythm of the widow wipers..
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