Shroud (Skin)

20″ x 24″
Pigment, oil, egg, and skin glue on panel
2008

Collection of Charlie Ledley

1 of 2 Shroud pieces.

Many of my paintings are developed at a critical moment by a magical oops. This is in part why it is impossible for the same thing to happen twice. In this painting the grid/veil/shroud was made by etching into the panel. I then filled it paint of a slightly different composition, and in the subsequent dozens of layer of glazes and sanding, the grid became raised rather than inset. I think the oil I use to fill the etching lines must have been boiled for longer, or something, because that paint was more resilient to the sanding and what not. I wish I could make it happen again!