This painting is close to completion – she’s just waiting for the paint that I ordered online to get here.  In the mean time I thought everyone would enjoy seeing how Discovering the Blindfold, a part of My Dreams Are Blue series, has evolved over the course of these last couple of weeks.  When I started there was just a hint of the back of a woman’s head, which I have kept throughout the many applications of paint – as dreams by their nature are ephemeral. The subject of this painting has discovered she is wearing a blindfold…reminiscent of one of my favorite quotes from Dune by Frank Herbert “I’ll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.”

Gold gesso and wet tar gel applied.

Crackle paste tinted with venician red has dried and first coat of turquoise emulsion applied.

Additional crackle paste applied and dry and then second coat of turquoise emulsion.

Discovering the Blindfold – 30″ x 30″ – Acrylic on Canvas