Trailer ~ acrylics and inks on canvas
12" x 20"
Trailer painted on burlap
A trailer house, painted with acrylics and inks on jute.
I like the corroded, time-worn look I can get with the rough-surfaced, porous burlap material.
18" by 26"
I will mount this one on a painted board - and am leaning toward letting the frayed edges of the burlap show. The rough look - like life in rural Alabama :-)
I will mount this one on a painted board - and am leaning toward letting the frayed edges of the burlap show. The rough look - like life in rural Alabama :-)
Washer and Dryer on burlap
Washer and Dryer painted on jute, the material used for gunny sacks.
I like the corroded effect.
acrylics and inks, varnished with a thin layer of epoxy resin
20" x 13"
Laundromat ~ mixed media
Clothes dryers in a row at the Laundromat
mixed media: fabrics, acrylics, inks
19" x 11"
Laundromat on burlap
A row of dryers in a laundromat
painted with acrylics and inks on rough jute
25" x 18"
House in St. Louis
A house in St. Louis, an older home,
with its motion-sensitive security lights activated
oil paints on burlap
18" x 19"
Farmhouse painted on jute
Farmhouse with Searchlights
oil paints on jute
18" x 16.5"
I mounted the painting on a board covered with fabric.
Coffee Pot #2 painted on jute
Here is another coffee pot painted using acrylics on burlap. I am enjoying this challenge.
This one measures 21 x 19. I mounted it on a board painted gloss black.
Hard to see in the photo, but the black board shows a bit through the many tiny holes which were left in the coarse jute "canvas" even after two coats of gesso and my typical vigorous application of paint.
Next step is to coat it with a high-gloss varnish. I'll likely use epoxy resin again - the very shiny finish on the rough surface pleases me. I have learned to take the photo first, before making it glossy :-)
Coffee Pot painted on jute
Coffee Pot, painted on a burlap substrate
16 x 15
I will apply a high gloss varnish to this, and mount it on a black background, which will peek through the tiny, scattered burlap-holes.
Kitchen Sink painted on jute
Kitchen Sink - acrylics painted on jute
The photograph was taken first, but this will be varnished with a thin, rolled-out layer of epoxy resin, as explained in the post "clothes dryer painted on burlap".
18.5 x 18.5
Clothes Dryer painted on a burlap surface
I painted this clothes dryer on jute, also known as burlap, the coarse material used to make gunny sacks. I wanted to see how acrylic paints would look on a very very rough surface. The initial result (above) was disappointing; even over a couple coats of gesso, the paint sank deep into the substrate and looked washed out, dull. A coat of varnish didn't help much. I actually put it aside for many months. Then I had an idea: try coating it with epoxy resin, rolled out thin. It popped. All the elements came together in a satisfying way - the rough, rudimentary substrate, the candy-hued paints, the las-vegas-gloss on the bumpy texture.
Unfortunately, photographs taken after the epoxy resin coating don't turn out well, because of the glare. See next photo - looks darker and harsher than the real thing.
I mounted it on a black board, keeping the jute edges a bit rough, and letting the black backing show through the holes left scattered cross the painting.
The following photos give an idea - but I hope I can figure out how to photograph future paintings on jute to do them justice.
22 x 20
Acrylics on jute, varnished with a thin but effective coat of epoxy resin
Acrylics on jute, varnished with a thin but effective coat of epoxy resin
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And the painting found a new home.
And the painting found a new home.
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