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Lagomorph

8/15/2022

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Lagomorph
"Lagomorph" - oil on cradled wood panel, 24 x 24 x 1.5.  Ready to hang. Available here and at Artfinder.


"The mushroom’s gills were the deep-red color of severed muscle, the almost-violet shade that contrasts so dreadfully with the pale pink of viscera. I had seen it any number of times in dead deer and dying soldiers, but it startled me to see it here. "
 - from What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
You wouldn't think a hare would be unsettling.

Rabbits, bunnies, lagomorphs.  But we just read Kingfisher's retelling of  "The Fall of the House of Usher" and now the hare has become a little more than a ball of fur with a twitching nose.

Kingfisher paints with words.  Mushroom, mold and hare become visceral under her expert pen.  And so it called to me to take paint to lagomorph and see what peculiarity I could conjure.
At first it's difficult to draw a hare that is anything but sweetness.  But now I admit to being a wee bit obsessed with the creepiness of these creatures, and find myself sneaking up on this painting after dark, just to be slightly startled and delighted.  More to come along this path, I think.  

Just so we don't encounter him on an actual path. :)

About the art:  beginning with a wood panel gesso'd thickly and with random texture.  Initial sketch in oil crayon over the gesso.  Slowly layering thinned oil paint and allowing the underpainting to dry thoroughly.  Applying then a thick layer of varying blues over the rabbit and dragging the paint with rubber wedge and squeegee.  Allowing liquin and paint-soaked brushes to leave trails through the drying paint, then adding back a few details.  Check out a process video at  Instagram.com/jenjovanart
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Dotty Seiter link
8/15/2022 06:50:35 pm

Lola, thanks for including the link to your process video for this powerful piece—I've already watched it several times and I'll be watching again! You continue to do such significant creative shoving and nudging. I am agog at and humbly challenged to push and niggle my very own self!

I have a friend with whom I share 'rabbit rabbit' greetings first thing on the first of each month. She'll be receiving a link in September to your process video : )

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lola (jen)
8/16/2022 03:26:03 pm

Dotty!!!! I am over the moon that you're enjoying the video...and that it will become rabbit rabbit greetings!

I am so enjoying the push, nudge, SHOVE that is happening in the studio. xo

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Carol Edan link
8/16/2022 01:35:48 am

I am present battling with my neighbor's rabbit/bunny or what ever you want to call it. I try so hard to keep a few plants alive during this very hot summer, and along he comes eating anything that is green.
If you are into oils,YAY, I suggest you try cold wax medium. It's a whole new story and would work well with your process. Maybe you'll like it so much you'll join Cold Wax Academy https://coldwaxacademy.com/
They also have a GREAT book
https://coldwaxacademy.com/cold-wax-book/

Love your rabbit as long as stays put on board!

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lola (jen)
8/16/2022 03:27:05 pm

Carol! That pesky neighbor rabbit! Argh!

Just back into oils after a loooooooong hiatus. I will check out the Cold Wax Academy! Whoa!

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Carl link
8/16/2022 09:24:11 am

Fun to be moved to see something that is kind of iconic in a new way. Great work.

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lola (jen)
8/16/2022 03:27:47 pm

Carl! Delighted to find the creepy wonderfulness in this iconic creature....and thanks a bunch!

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