"The Aftermath Series" Farm Wildfire to Encaustic Photographic Art
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"The Aftermath Series" Farm Wildfire to Encaustic Photographic Art
- 1. “THE AFTERMATH SERIES” FARM WILD FIRE TO ENCAUSTIC PHOTOGRAPHIC ART CREATING ONE OF ONE ARTISTIC PRINTS FROM DESTRUCTION FOR: MAYFAIRE, GALLERY DISPLAY, AND CATHARTIC RELIEF
- 2. PHONE CALLS & FIRE • COWBOYS: NEIGHBORS CALLED SAID YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE • ME: NO WAY, ALARM HASN’T GONE OFF • COWBOYS: WELL, SOMETHING IS BURNING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS THERE • ME: WHHHAAAAT?
- 3. ANXIETY • ON THE WAY TO THE FARM, ITS ROUGHLY AN HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES • YOU CAN SEE THE PLUME OF SMOKE FROM MILES AWAY • BOTTOM OF STOMACH FALLS EVEN LOWER • ARRIVE AT GATE WITH TWO WATER TANKERS IN THE ROAD • LOTS OF HOSE GOING INTO THE FARM
- 4. OH SHIT! • DRIVE IN AND MEET THE FIRE CAPTAIN, SHE EXPLAINS WHAT THEY ARE DOING • THREE FIRE STATIONS FROM ORANGE COUNTY & ONE FROM LAKE COUNTY • TWO TANKERS, FOUR PUMPERS, TWO BRUSH TRUCKS, AND ABOUT 4000LF OF HOSE • FIRE HAS JUMPED FROM MY PROPERTY, MOVED INTO A WESTERN PASTURE AND IS HEADING TOWARD MONTEREY MUSHROOM’S COMPOST ACREAGE AND TANGERINE AIRPORT
- 5. MIXED RELIEF • FARM HOUSE, WASH SHED, WELL, AND TWO OUT LYING SHEDS SURVIVED • BARN AND ALL EQUIPMENT IS DESTROYED • SHOP, ALL SPARE PARTS, AND TOOLS • TWO TRACTORS • TWO SPRAY RIGS • SCAFFOLDING • MOWER DECK • PIPE AND PUMPS
- 6. CHOICES • FIND SOME NEWER USED EQUIPMENT • SALVAGE WHAT CAN BE USED • CLEAN UP THE MESS • CONTACT THE STATE AND FEDERAL AG FOLKS FOR ASSISTANCE • START AGAIN • MAKE SOME ART
- 7. IMAGE MAKING: BALLS & BARN • ENCAUSTIC IMAGES FROM LAST YEARS BARN SERIES • ENCAUSTIC IMAGES POST FIRE
- 9. PRINTING & FINISHING RICE PAPER • TEST PRINTS ON 8” X 10” STANDARD STOCK • TEST PRINTS ON 11” X 17” RICE PAPER • QUICK WAX INFUSION TO SEE HOW THE PAPER AND IMAGE BEHAVE TOGETHER • TRY LARGER SHEETS OF RICE PAPER • TEST IT ON SMALLER GESSO COATED BOARD • BECOME EXCITED!
- 11. HEAT: GOOD & BAD
- 12. WAX TECHNIQUE • INFUSING WAX ON AND INTO RICE PAPER
- 13. FLOATED RICE PAPER INFUSED WITH WAX
- 14. GESSO BOARD & RICE PAPER • USES A DRY MOUNT GLUE TO BOND PAPER TO GESSO BOARD • RICE PAPER TENDS TO WRINKLE WHEN IT BECOMES DAMP FROM GLUE • A PROBLEM TO OVERCOME……….
- 15. MIXED RESULTS • DEPENDING ON HOW THE VIEWER LIKES THEIR ART • “I LIKE THE ADDITIONAL TEXTURE THE WRINKLES BRINGS TO THE PRINT” • “I DON’T LIKE THE WRINKLES, MAKE THEM GO AWAY”
- 16. GESSO BOARD MOUNTED IMAGES • 20”X20” IMAGES • 24”X36” IMAGES
- 18. RICE PAPER FLOATED IMAGES
- 19. MAYFAIRE BY THE LAKE
- 20. FUTURE HOPE: ART, OLIVE TREES, & FIRE • CREATING THIS BODY OF WORK HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT CATHARTIC (BUT NOT COMPLETELY) • PRINTS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS SOME OF MY STRONGEST AND BEST WORK TO DATE • OLIVE TREES ARE GROWING IN THE NURSERY • STATE & FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL AGENCIES ARE BEING SUPPORTIVE • ONLY TYPE OF FIRE I WANT TO EXPERIENCE AGAIN AT THE FARM