Cosmic Octopus

"Cosmic Octopus" (a commission) - acrylic on wood altar.  SOLD

The madcap laughed at the man on the border
Hey ho, huff the Talbot
The winds they blew and the leaves did wag
They'll never put me in their bag
The raging seas will always seep
So high you go, so low you creep
The wind it blows in tropical heat
The drones they throng on mossy seats
The squeaking door will always squeak
Two up, two down we'll never meet

Please, leave us here
Close our eyes to the octopus ride
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Please, leave us here
Close our eyes to the octopus ride

from ​OCTOPUS, by Syd Barrett

Cosmic Octopus

The wild Pacific is surging through the studio, and a cosmic octopus dropped by.

This piece was a commission request from one of the most sparkly humans I know.  So when she asked "would you?" I immediately said "yes!"  Personal altars are just that - personal.  They speak to your insides while sitting on the outside, gathering your special talismans and holding your hopes and wishes in a sacred place.  And if you are a very colorful, very sparkly human, your altar needs a candy-coated cosmic octopus.  

I'm going to want one of these for myself!

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About the art:  beginning with a solid wood, two-tiered altar, the areas to be personalized were taped off and coated with black gesso.  A colored pencil sketch followed, along with the requisite 80 million layers of color in both acrylic paint and Uni Posca Paint Pens.  Finished with a coat of cold wax to protect paint and wood.