8.5" x 84"
encaustic, concrete slip, collage and gold leaf on panel
First I saw the stain from concrete on the old plywood board. Its cool neutral grey contrast with the warm of the old fir plywood was exciting. What can I paint on that? Gradually I was drawn to a (17th c.?) Chinese scroll whose far left and far right ends were linked across miles of open water (open silk).
18 x 24
oil on canvas