In Nativitate Domini 18 x 24"The spark for this piece came from the Santo in the upper right hand corner - a poster for an exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art a few years ago. I made copies of it enlarging the face and then coloured them with Portfolio water-soluble oil pastels and topped with Victorian scrap crowns. I prepared the surface of the canvas with cheesecloth and netting embedded in gesso, then covered with various colours of acrylic; then lots of dripping, splattering and globbing.
Stencils of crowns and circles were also used and strips of Gregorian chant - one of which provided the title. Another work ready for this fall's Open Studios Tour.
Sensational piece. The colors are just wonderful.
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