Venus is a golden haired, pale skinned woman about to kiss the crescent moon which is lying low over the blue waves.
This artwork is both collage and painting. The face is a frottage on Japanese paper, applied to the blue/grey handmade paper on which I've painted the moon and the waves in watercolour. Highlights are in gold acrylic for Venus's hair, and white chalk pastel creates a shimmering effect on the water, a glow in the moon and on Venus's face to portray the starlight in her hair.
Just as I was finishing off this image in the week of early December 2018, there was a superb Venus/Moon conjunction low in the southeast before dawn, hence the title of the work.
This Indian handmade paper is one of my favourite mediums. It has a lovely deckled edge which, when framed, can be shown off with the image 'floated' inside a mount/mat, or of course the mat can cover the edge the paper as the buyer prefers.
This artwork is available unframed, wrapped in acid-free tissue, packaged carefully and sent by Tracked Delivery.
watercolour, collage, frottage, acrylic
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£200
Venus is a golden haired, pale skinned woman about to kiss the crescent moon which is lying low over the blue waves.
This artwork is both collage and painting. The face is a frottage on Japanese paper, applied to the blue/grey handmade paper on which I've painted the moon and the waves in watercolour. Highlights are in gold acrylic for Venus's hair, and white chalk pastel creates a shimmering effect on the water, a glow in the moon and on Venus's face to portray the starlight in her hair.
Just as I was finishing off this image in the week of early December 2018, there was a superb Venus/Moon conjunction low in the southeast before dawn, hence the title of the work.
This Indian handmade paper is one of my favourite mediums. It has a lovely deckled edge which, when framed, can be shown off with the image 'floated' inside a mount/mat, or of course the mat can cover the edge the paper as the buyer prefers.
This artwork is available unframed, wrapped in acid-free tissue, packaged carefully and sent by Tracked Delivery.
watercolour, collage, frottage, acrylic
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This artwork is sold by Phyllis Mahon from United Kingdom