Friday, April 16, 2010

Weaving Roots with Fire

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Today's underpainting is all about cadmium red, my favorite paint pigment lately! The fire, blood and heartbeat pulsing underneath it all.
Exhilarating to paint it in but it also feels risky as the painting moves into an entirely new direction with the addition of hot cadmium red!

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1 comment:

jbkrost said...

hey,
saw the first series, when I was this series with the RED I thought "she is going in a totally diffrent direction!" where's the blue?
looks good!

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