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Painting, Oil on Glass
Size: 10 W x 8 H x 1 D in
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This painting is framed in a white ornate antique frame and is ready to hang. The entire work, including the frame, is 8" x 10" The piece of glass with the painting on it is 5" x 7" Swooning -- with ecstacy and joy -- is the subject of this painting. It's part of a series called "Sleeping Beauties" that explores the time and space between being awake and succumbing gently to sleep, dreaming, and eternity. (Falling in love and the Wizard of Oz were two of the inspirations for this painting.) I used a technique called reverse-glass painting: The image is painted on the back of a piece of glass. When the painting is finished, the glass is turned over, and the painting is displayed from the other side. Though I usually start a painting with an idea and then see where it leads me, this technique (which began with early Renaissance religious painting) requires more planning. The painting has to be completed backwards -- applying the foreground details first and the background last. Working within these constraints, I also defy them -- by keeping my painting style loose. In this painting, I used my fingers to move and smear the oil paint behind the glass.
Painting:Oil on Glass
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:10 W x 8 H x 1 D in
Frame:White
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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I'm an oil painter and mixed media artist, now based in New York City and born in South Africa. Each of my paintings is an exploration in which unplanned dream worlds emerge as I paint. I often start by creating an abstract painting of an imaginary forbidding environment – a swirling ocean, a looming forest, or a dark cave. Then I explore the dark space by removing bits of paint (with rags drenched in oil and turpentine) to find the lights – to discover the glen in the forest, the islands in the ocean, or life in the cave. After I uncover stories in the lights and darks, I populate these imaginary worlds with little embellishments – flora, fauna, people and festivities – magical civilizations that were there, waiting to be discovered. My mixed media works create three-dimensional surreal environments from foils, found objects, recycled plastics and other materials. I also work with gold leaf, encaustics, animation, book arts, and collage. As a supplement to creating my own art, I've worked on several projects with the low-income children in New York City, using art to teach and build community. I made a mosaic for the Lower East Side Girls Club, and I was the art director of Lower East Side Bike Parade where I ran workshops, teaching kids how to decorate their bicycles. Since 1999, I've run the art program at Avenues for Justice, an alternative to prison program for juvenile offenders. (See more paintings and mixed media pieces at: cindyruskin.com)
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