Radio-Coteau Event

"Phantasme" in the background

 A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of displaying some new and old work at a wine event at Radio Coteau. It was fun seeing the work in a new setting. The wine was excellent!

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Hillary Younglove- Fulton X Gallery Exhibit

With my talented studio art class.

Despite almost losing everything in the fires, the gallery and my home were miraculously spared. The fire reached within blocks. Even though it was closed a few weeks after the fires, a few pieces manged to sell!

Fresco Workshop

Last weekend I taught a two - day intensive, private fresco workshop. It was so much fun working with adults again. This fall I'll be teaching my semester long class, Lost Techniques of the Ancients.

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Phantasme

Phantasme, encaustic, mixed media, 4x6ft, 2017

This is quite a departure from my typical mode of painting. I was initially inspired by some blurry photos I shot of my garden. It started as a loose oil sketch from those blurry images. Once I had the sketch down, with every layer of wax the imagery changed. I stopped looking at the photos and let my imagination and intuition flow. Shapes and forms morphed until they began to find their balance. The colors and mood remind me of art from the 1930's and the colors from Fantasia though I was not looking at any images as I created the piece.

Extinguish My Eyes

“Extinguish my eyes, I'll go on seeing you. 
Seal my ears, I'll go on hearing you.
 And without feet I can make my way to you,
without a mouth I can swear your name.

Break off my arms, I'll take hold of you
with my heart as with a hand.
Stop my heart, and my brain will start to beat.
And if you consume my brain with fire, I'll feel you burn in every drop of my blood.” -Rainer Maria Rilke

Saint Tarcisius,Alexandre Falguière, 1868

Beautific Rapture
The expression of this sculpture moved me to reinterpret it as a painting. I have been using sculptures as a base for many of my paintings since the late 80's. In the beginning, I would sculpt my own pieces, translate them into a photo then a painting. Over the years I have taken photos of sculptures from various museums. With the web, I don't have to travel as far to find inspiring images to reinterpret. They are now at my fingertips. While some of the sculptures are famous some are more obscure. I'm looking for a gaze that moves me.
After painting this last summer I let it sit over a year before I decided to blend the text of Rilke with the face of this sculpture by Falguiere which can be found at the Musee d'Orsay and the MET. 

Táhirh

Táhirh, 36x48, encaustic, mixed media, 2017

Deconstructing K-3, encaustic mixed media, 36x48, 2017

These are a few paintings I recently finished. One is a portrait of Táhirh, a Persian poet and theologian.  The second image is from my third in a series called "Deconstructing K".

Vesper

Vesper, encaustic, mixed media, 24x30, 2017

Another abstract painting reworked with layers from the past. Can you recognize these features?

Printemps

Printemps, encaustic, mixed media, 2017

 

This piece has gone through many iterations. Can you recognize the face from a famous work of art?
I've been embedding details from old paintings and sculptures for years in my work.

I love this little detail of a fresco I shot from the ceiling of the Villa d'Este in Tivoli, Italy a few years ago. Not sure who the artist is.

Decontructing K2

Deconstructing K2, encaustic, mixed media, 36x48, 2017

This is a new piece I just finished. I've been experimenting more with mark making, layering text from grave rubbings I did in Rome and embedding various ephemera I've collected. It's a fun way to work-creating as you go, not knowing what the final outcome will be. I think I'll continue more in this direction. It's all about intuition.