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Tuesday, August 14th, 2018
Homemade Gesso!
Update 2018! Since writing this recipe in 2014, Ive been using this homemade Gesso recipe, for 14 years now and haven’t had an issue, with ageing, layers coming apart, seepage, changes in colour etc. on any of my artworks. I use it with both oil and acrylic paints. I also seal my papers with it when, making books, sewing on paper, paper for collage, painting with paint, inks etc. As to the quality, I find the homemade isn’t as white, but just as good quality, as professional artists Gesso. I also use store bought gesso too, if I’ve run out and for convenience. My version is more gritty, than store bought, but if you sandpaper in between coats, I find it’s not an issue. For me, this recipe is just as good as, the store bought and if you use archival PVA/Elmers glue, it will make it all the more stable, for longevity.
Homemade Gesso!
I love Gesso paint and use heaps of it in my work. It’s gritty, chalky and can be applied to artwork to give a translucent or opaque look. It’s also very expensive so I decided to make my own.
Gesso is used for many things such as a primer for canvas or on paper to give a good base for painting, drawing or mixed media work. When making collage I use it as a gluing medium to stick on papers, in-between, painting and drawing layers.
The recipe below makes 2 litres of Gesso paint
( If not using straight away, this Gesso will last approx. 4-6 weeks)
Homemade Gesso
PLASTER MIX
1 cup Plaster of Paris or fine white plaster powder
1 cup of PVA or white glue (archival if available)
1 cup hot water
PAINT
3 cups white acrylic paint
UTENSILS
Container, cup and mixing stick or spoon
RATIO: 1-3
Plaster Mix 1 – Acrylic paint 3
Method
To make the plaster mix. Add the plaster to the hot water and stir ( Safety purposes: always add the plaster powder to the liquid, not liquid to plaster, as it will blow up into your face and always wear a dust mask)
Dust Mask
“Plaster of Paris” and cup
Hot water and mix
Next add the PVA or white glue, stir.
Finally add the white acrylic paint and mix. ( I used some acrylic powder paint I had and made it up with water) You can use any kind of acrylic paint or colour .
Result
I was very happy with the result. The gesso is translucent with the gritty bits I like. You can also do several layers of gesso to give a more opaque appearance. It covered my canvas very well with only 1 coat. When adding more than 1 coat you can sand in- between to give a really smooth surface for detailed work .
2 litres of Gesso
Gesso on stretched canvas
Gesso on paper
© 2014 – 2018, Jenny Davis. All rights reserved.
© 2018, Jenny Davis. All rights reserved.
Tags: Art materials, contemporary art, diy gesso, gesso experiments, gesso paint, gesso primer, gesso recipe, gesso update, homemade art supplies, homemade gesso, jenny davis, outlook8studio, Tutorials
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Friday, August 3rd, 2018
Line is a point moving in space. Playing with line fascinates to me. By letting go and just allowing the movement to take over, allows me to go in-between, out and off edges.
The materials I use vary. I may use paint, pencil or crayon on vintage book papers, thread on antique cloth, scratch with implements, or, use wire to make tangles. Lines often define the edges of a form, but not very often in my arts practice.
Lines can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, straight or curved, thick or thin.
Paint lines
Drip lines
Thread lines
Free flowing lines
Frottage lines
String lines
© 2018, Jenny Davis. All rights reserved.
Tags: abstract art, abstract painting, artist jenny davis, Drawing, line, making lines, making marks, mixed media, outlook8studio, Painting, stitch, textile arts, work in progress
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Monday, July 23rd, 2018
I’m not sure how I feel about showing artworks with mock -up backgrounds. So, recently I purchased a few mock – ups, and have been playing around with them. I’d like to display my artworks a little bit differently, being, there are, so many other artists online. I’m just wondering, if putting artworks with interesting backgrounds, makes any difference, for viewers, collectors etc. and, in getting it found in the search engines easier. I think they look cleaner, but at the same time, I don’t want to categorize my artwork as being, just “interior design” pieces. I’d love to hear what others think…
If you feel inclined, your welcome to add a comment at the bottom of this post.
Do you like to see artworks viewed in a room, or framed ? or do you prefer see artworks on their own, with no backgrounds?
You can also view some of my artworks in rooms in my gallery area
Thank you in advance!
© 2018, Jenny Davis. All rights reserved.
Tags: abstract art, abstract painting, art backgrounds, artist jenny davis, Arts promotion, artwork display, artwork marketing, artwork online, artwork promotion, contemporary art, Installation, mock ups, outlook8studio, Painting, presenting art
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Sunday, July 8th, 2018
New paintings available in my gallery. “Rustmatter” series. I want to capture the “beauty & hope” in decline, before its gone and continues my investigation into the disintegration and decay of the environment, of life and the human psyche.
Experiments with layers of rust, paint, iron shavings and salt. Finally, surfaces emerged, worn , weathered and sometimes ancient. I then sealed the paintings to keep stable and lock in the layers.
Each painting is a visual and textural descent into the abandoned, the derelict, the vacant and the forgotten. Curator & Arts Writer, Dr. Ewen Jarvis.
Rustmatter 17
Rustmatter 12
Rustmatter 16
Rustmatter 14
Rustmatter 15
NOTE – All inclusive : Express Post, Tracking, Signature, Insurance & Packaging.
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Tags: abandoned, abstract art, abstract painting, acrylic paint, Art materials, artist jenny davis, contemporary art, crumbling walls, france, iron, italy, mixed media, outlook8studio, Painting, rust, rustmatter, salt, Spain, venice, weathered, worn, worn surfaces
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Sunday, July 1st, 2018
Currently available in my Gallery ,” Limited Edition” art prints
To purchase my Wallmatter series, please go to the Gallery page.
Each collection of 10 prints is $35.00 AU. and includes (Free Worldwide Postage)
You will receive
1 collection of 10 Wallmatter art prints/cards shown
Blank on back + 10 white paper envelopes
One of each design
6″ x 4″ – 15 x 10cm. ea.
Designed from my original abstract paintings
Printed professionally
100% Recycled paper stock
Sustainably sourced
Matt finish
A beautiful way to send a personal message to your friends and family or, frame for a unique art display in your home or workplace.
About Wallmatter series.”A visual and textural descent into the abandoned, the derelict, the vacant and the, forgotten surface.”Through her utilisation of forlorn industrial structures, stained and crumbling walls, acts of graffiti, redundant signage, and portals giving access to meandering subterranean systems,of timeworn surfaces. Jenny Davis evokes a unique vision at once spare and lavish, material and ghostly. It is a vision that elevates the significance of random marks, stress fractures and other imperfections, while enfolding the viewer in an atmosphere of chromatically gentle and strangely opulent decay.”
To purchase please go to my Gallery page and scroll down to “Small Art Prints”.
(Free Worldwide Postage)
© 2018, Jenny Davis. All rights reserved.
Tags: abstract art, abstract prints, Art for sale, art prints, artist jenny davis, decay, fine art print, france, italy, outlook8studio, Spain, texture, venice, walls, worn surfaces
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Wednesday, June 27th, 2018
I grew up in a “make do and mend” family, where nothing much was thrown away and would be mended or, re-purposed into something else, therefore, many of my textile pieces are hand- made, created from antique & vintage sourced materials and may include, discarded, abandoned, found objects. I have been working with textiles all my life. My mother was a dressmaker and as a child, I would collect the fabric scraps and make wall hangings and soft sculpture.
For further details about my textile pieces, please go to my gallery page and click under “Textile Art”
“TurkRedghost” series
Sometimes the antique textiles I work with, seem to yell at me, but mostly, they lay silent, as I make my own marks alongside, others gone before. Ragged bits, old and new stitching, tracing marks left behind on old textiles are a reminder, of a time when women, had many obligations and few choices. I feel comfortable, as I stitch, tear, dye and reinforce the fragmented pieces. Somehow, I hope, in a small way, by reclaiming and reworking the textiles, I can give a voice to those women.
TurkRedghost 1
TurkRedghost 4
TurkRedghost 3
TurkRedghost 2
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Tags: 1800s, abstract art, abstract collage, antique textiles, collage, contemporary art, jenny davis, mixed media, outlook8studio, Recycling, textile art, visual artist, women artists
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Saturday, May 26th, 2018
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Wednesday, April 11th, 2018
Current Exhibition in the Main Gallery at Yering Station – 10 April – 20 May.
JENNY DAVIS — SPACES BELOW
Wallmatter, Oil paint on canvas, 140 x 180 cm
‘Spaces Below’ is a visual and textural descent into the abandoned, the derelict, the vacant and the forgotten. Through her utilisation of forlorn industrial structures, stained and crumbling walls, acts of graffiti, redundant signage, and portals giving access to meandering subterranean systems, Jenny Davis evokes a unique vision at once spare and lavish, material and ghostly. It is a vision that elevates the significance of random marks, stress fractures and other imperfections, while enfolding the viewer in an atmosphere of chromatically gentle and strangely opulent decay. The abstractions that haunt these works are investigations of the many traces that run like hieroglyphs and riddles across the surface of neglected structures.
Davis’s subterranean life began in childhood. Drawn to ‘small spaces’ where she wouldn’t be disturbed, she would play in drainpipes, on vacant industrial sites and in newly constructed buildings, often working discarded materials into makeshift furniture and decorative objects. After an arts residency in Barcelona in 2005 and a visit to France in 2006, Davis steered her arts practice toward spaces reminiscent of those early childhood memories. In researching and documenting understructures, abandoned buildings and marks left behind in the built environment, she found ‘beauty in decay, random marks, aerial perspectives, graffiti and weathered surfaces’. Ever attuned to the narrative and oneiric possibilities of timeworn surfaces, Davis’s latest exhibition creates an altogether seductive immateriality from abrasive mediums such as cement, iron and rust.
Davis’s practice spans twenty-five years and encompasses painting, sculpture, drawing, collage, photography, book arts, textiles, installation‚ video‚ sound and virtual worlds. Her artwork has been exhibited in Australia, Germany, France, Spain, the UK and the US and is represented in numerous private and public collections. She has received awards and residencies both nationally and internationally, and her digital artworks have been projected onto buildings in Times Square, New York and in 2017 at The Venice Biennale 57. “La Biennale di Venezia” in Italy. Davis currently works from her studio in the Yarra Valley region of Victoria, Australia. By DR. Ewen Jarvis 2018
Wallmatter 5, Acrylic, shellac, pigment, sealer on canvas, 122 x 92 cm
For more information please contact
Dr Ewen Jarvis
Curator
Yering Station Art Gallery
38 Melba Highway
Yarra Glen Vic 3775
P + 61 3 9730 0100
M + 0400 894 646
artgallery@yering.com
www.yering.com
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Tags: abstract art, abstract painting, art exhibitions, crumbling walls, decay, Grafitti, imperfections. random marks, jenny davis, new exhibition, outlook8studio, Painting, Photography, rust, underground, urban, weathered surfaces, Yering Station Gallery
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Friday, March 30th, 2018
My next exhibition,”Spaces Below” is an installation of new & older paintings, linking to found, instantaneous marks, surfaces and fragments. Subconscious notes and messages, snatched from urban and rustic environments when passing through. Also includes, a series of framed images, shot in the city and outer suburbs of Paris, France.
(Please see details of “Spaces Below” exhibition in the sidebar)
I’m still amused and amazed, how one little idea can consume, inspire and provide enough fodder, leading to many forms of expression.
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Tags: abstract art, art studio, creative ideas, expression, Ideas, jenny davis, mixed media, outlook8studio, Painting, work in progress
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2018
The countdown is on… only 14 days until I install my exhibition, “Spaces Below” at Yering Station Gallery, which means, 14 days of bubble-wrap and gaffa tape tangles, labeling, organizing transport, invites, and the opening.
The artworks in the house are all ready to go and still lots more in the studio to wrap, but for now, I think its time to grab some lunch and veg out for awhile….
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Tags: abstract art, abstract painting, art exhibitions, artist jenny davis, arts business, contemporary art, Installation, mixed media, outlook8studio, packing art, Painting, Spaces Below
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