Leighann Foster: October 2011

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Ad for American Art Collector Magazine, November, 2011

"Gentlemen, Choose Your Weapons"
Part of a two page ad for The Dutch Art Gallery in Art Collector Magazine, November, 2011

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Study In Opacity-Leighann Foster

I always set up a still life before I start painting and paint from life. I work out the composition, color, and values before I draw it on the board. In this case my intention was to leave out the tape, but I decided to include the tape as a painting of the drawing board study.

Again, I started with wallpaper and painted in the design in black and white. It is the same design I used in Magnolia In Window, my previous post. I painted in the green tape making sure it looked translucent. Then I taped off the white square and glazed it in white to look like the wax paper in the original study. I cut out the triangle and Swiss cheese from ¼” gesso board, sanded the edges, and painted the black and white pattern on to each object. Then I glazed over the triangle and cheese with their local colors, letting the color from underneath show through. You can see a little more of the pattern in the cheese in real life. Why Swiss cheese? I was making a sandwich and noticed the cheese was translucent and decided why not. I have geometric shapes on biomorphic shapes and the cheese jolts you and hopefully makes you smile a little.

You can see the 1/4” beveled edge and the sides are painted white so no frame is needed.

Oil on gesso deep cradle board

16" X 16" X 1.75"

$1600.00, plus shipping

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Magnolia In Window-Leighann Foster

I first started with a wallpaper design and transferred it to the 10” X 10” X 1.75" gesso deep cradle board. Then I painted it in bright colors, glazed it in a lighter translucent color, and finished it by taping off the window, and glazing it in an even lighter color.

Next I drew and cut out the flower and stem from a gesso board that was ¼” deep. After sanding the edges, I painted the flower from life. Then I glued the flower to the background. I painted the leaves directly on the background. I varnished the flower, stem, and leaves and left the background a with a matt finish. I am experimenting with different finishes to help create space.

My goal was to create several layers of space and opacity. The sides are sanded and painted so it does not need a frame. You can see the beveled edge that acts as part of the frame.