These paintings in the SKIN series are on air-dried, overbeaten, handmade abaca paper.
They measure 38" x 14" I drew with graphite and painted with dilute acrylic paints and powdered pigment in a methyl cellulose binder.
The images are based on Cycladic cannonical figures, circa 5000 B.C.E. in these nearly life-sized paintings. The paper is skin thin, translucent; the drawing is calligraphic, lines and dots.
detail from:
Angkor Wat Frieze
photo İMary Heebner 2001
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