These are two pieces I recently did towards coursework – made with raw earth pigments, acrylics and inks on paper.
New work
Category: Earth Pigments
Petrified Tree, Karoo
I keep seeing this place in my mind and remember sitting on such a tree many, many years ago eating sandwiches and drinking coffee … we were on a road trip from Johannesburg to Cape Town. I’d never seen a petrified tree before, let alone sat on one, which was just casually dumped there on the side of the road. And to think that piece of stone, which once was a tree, was in the region of 300 to 250 million years old.
For this painting, I used Cobra oil medium with the pigments. Colours used: Trevellas Green, Burnt Umber, Fremington Yellow ochre, Peppercombe Red, Leswidden white, Fremington Grey, Bideford Black, Perranuthnoe ochre. Soft pastels. All on Arches Oil paper – CP Fine 100% pure cotton, 300gm. 23x31cm
Earth pigment work to date
I am really enjoying working with these ancient materials and mixing them up with contemporary polymers. I have ordered a 1m square canvas which will be used for a commission, so looking forward to working on that!
Emerging
Trevellas green, Leswidden white, Meeth white, Fremington grey. Natural earth pastels, Sennelier pastels, Liquitex inks and charcoal on Fabriano Unica paper.
I remember (part 2)
Trevellas Green, Leswidden white, Fremington grey. W&N acrylics, Shellac burn, Liquitex inks, Sennelier soft pastels on Fabriano Unica paper.
I remember (part 1)
Continuing my exploration into natural pigments and the theme of liminality – in my case I am exploring the threshold between raw earth pigments and commercially produced art materials. For this piece, I used:
Earth pigments: Trevellas Green, Peppercombe Red
Natural pigment pastels by Florence Paintmakers
Sennelier Soft Pastels
Montana Gold Professional spray paint – Bronze
W&N acrylic paint and inks
Resin pigment inks
Charcoal
Fabriano Unica 50% cotton 250gsm white paper (torn to size)
Janice Heather Scott 