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 'Change Your Mind'

Complete! 

Set up through August 30, 2014 at the Ciel Gallery in Charlotte, North Carolina

www.cielcharlotte.com

 'Change Your Mind' is an interactive, installation consisting of 17 pieces; 5 acrylic paintings on carved wood hanging on wall, 

11- 8” X 8” and 8” X 10” carved and acrylic painted pieces 

and a 5’ X 4’ painted canvas on table top.

For the table top of 'Change Your Mind' I had some help!  My students from UMAR arts center primed the 5' X 4' canvas.  

Our classes are held at the Ciel Gallery in Charlotte, NC

www.cielcharlotte.com 

where we have plenty of room to lay out the canvas.

Painting the canvas at my studio in Matthews:

And then the official picture taking....so professional, 

nice toes, right?

The artists and staff from the UMAR program also helped with the priming of puzzle/ path pieces. And making sure the pieces worked after I carved and painted.  

Great Group.

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Continuing progress on my project for the up coming show:
'One image; Two interpretations' being held in August at the 
Ciel Gallery, South End Charlotte, NC   USA
 
www.cielcharlotte.com

The paintings are on the floor of my studio.  The best place for me since I must continually move them back an forth to the painting table.

I showed some photos of the beginning carving and planning on a previous post.

Here I show the painting and more carving.  I had fun getting photos at odd angles to show the depth of the carving.

I will post more as I continue. 

'Change Your Mind'  by Randy Leibowitz Dean

This the beginning of a new project consisting of 5 paintings, 8 painted pillows and a large painted mat.  I won't even explain I will just post my photos as the project progresses.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

to be continued........

'Transcendence'

Some highlights of the process of 'Transcendence'.  Not included is the work on the linoleum cut for the print on this piece.  I will add that later.  I did not take photos of my glass cutting that will have to wait until my next piece.

I really take my time picking out the perfect plywood for each piece.  Some plywood actually has a layer of glue, a deep rich brown color that I like incorporating into the finished piece.  Also, some rougher plywood can have interesting layers that are almost haphazard in the way they come out as I carve.

In 'Transcendence' I used a high quality 3/4" birch plywood and added framing to the back for hanging. I carved, then used a linoleum cut with oil base inks to print onto the wood.  Layers of carving and painting, then carving deep to add the glass pieces. I do use different sanders to smooth out certain spots on my work.  Of course time looking at the piece from a distance helps me tremendously.  I added gloss varnish only to the areas I wanted to shine, giving it a wet look in just the right places.

I did not have the end result in mind when I began carving, allowing me to evolve with the ways the wood took to my different tools and strength...or lack of.  

 

After I dusted this off I added the linoleum cut print and painted.

There is always that time of doubt in the process, isn't there?

 Almost ready to add the glass.

'Transcendence' by Randy Leibowitz Dean

In process.  On the easel.
'Transcendence' incorporates, printing, wood carving, painting and inlaying colored glass.  

The layers of plywood become fascinating to me as I carve.  I plan on more glass inlay and more painting.  

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