Another little drawing leaves the privacy of my diaries and the studio to brave the big world of Etsy and get lost in the art compost of the globe! I like the boll weavil making a quick dash somewhere.
Found a great Artist book site and have added "Notes" to their collection. Must keep exploring but also making. "Notes" is 100 x 80mm, three little books bound together in zig-zag form. Each book explores different themes using mixed media. A one-off exploratory work. See more "Notes" in an earlier posting.
"Wry Smile" has gone to Etsy. He is my first successful use of egg tempera. I quite like the softness of the colour. Wax and shellac were used to seal the drawing. This is probably not necessary but I feel it gives the drawing a beautiful surface texture. Had to be careful - Ants quite like the egg too. The eggs can't be fresh enough. Will do some more when my hens get back to laying some eggs.
I've just listed another little zine “Travel Heads III” containing 6 colour photo-copies in zig-zag book format in my store micro. The colour laser copied images are from my visual diary “Travel Heads”, I finished a few years ago using mixed media. The cover size is 150 x 105mm with the colour images a little smaller. All my little books are copyright Jack Oudyn so please don’t reproduce any part of my work without my permission. I still have some of the original art and it will be given a public airing at Redland Art Gallery in May, 2012.
“Travel Heads III” is in a limited edition of 30 and each book is numbered and signed by the artist.
All my remaining little "Fish Books" are now listed on micro , (my first attempt at setting up an online store) with some of my other little books.Give me some feedback for the chance to receive some complimentary copies (3 left).