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Jan 26 2007

Klee is painted…not yet stitched

Posted by: Cynthia in Uncategorized

Starting out…

Mid-way through

Final painting, I still need to heat set and stitch.

I didn’t start out with a great photo of Mazzaro by Klee, and have had to improvise while painting this one to compensate for the poor copy that I have. But, all in all, I’m happy with how it turned out. I still need to iron, fuse the interfacing and stitch, but then it will be finished. It’s always a creative challenge for me to start on a new famous fabric painting. A little bit of discovery is involved each time I do one of these. It’s a chance to get into the mind of another artist, a different time period. So far, I’ve covered the Renaissance, 19th C and now a 20th C artist. It’s also a very meditative process for me that’s hard to describe.

When I think about it, I am really interpreting another artist’s vision. The image is recognizable, but I bring my own baggage with me when I make something. When I say baggage, I mean that I have my own way of working, my favorite color palette, biases etc. So, it never truly is an exact replica but my own take on a master’s work.

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8 Responses to “Klee is painted…not yet stitched”
  1. Angela says: January 27th, 2007 at 4:46 pm

    Great work! I love it!

  2. pinky says: January 27th, 2007 at 5:38 pm

    Amazing! Your description of how you interpret other artists is almost exactly what I said about your work to my hubby. You add your own little flair and that’s cool. I cannot WAIT to see how it looks with the stitching!

  3. Janvangogh says: January 28th, 2007 at 2:31 am

    Looking good!

  4. LynClay says: January 28th, 2007 at 7:50 am

    I absolutely love how you do these and I also can’t wait to see this stitched! Amazing and unique!

  5. The Lone Beader says: January 28th, 2007 at 5:03 pm

    That looks so cool!! How long does it take to make these??

  6. Cynthia says: January 29th, 2007 at 2:37 am

    Thanks Angela, Janet, Lynette and Diana!

    Thanks Pinky, I have some new work that I hope to post tonight or tomorrow morning and I was thinking about that again.

    Diana, each one takes me a different amount of time. This particular one involved some research, then I brought it into Photoshop to resize, then cutting fabric and sitting down to paint was probably about 5 hours. The stitching will take about 30-60 minutes depending on how I’m feeling. This is larger than my other ones 5 x 7 inches. I know It doesn’t sound much larger. But it seems huge.

  7. fennymun says: January 30th, 2007 at 3:23 pm

    Hi Cynthia, sounds like you are pursuing an interesting project here. Can’t wait to see the final masterpiece….

  8. Sunil says: January 30th, 2007 at 5:01 pm

    It is super!! Loved it.

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