Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Serious and playful




 Quick painting sketch
Salmon Packaging Madonna
Acrylic on gilded cardboard
6.5 x 9.5 inches
Barbara Muir © 2023

It’s been a busy day today – catching up on listening to podcasts,
talking to my accountant, working on my very complicated painting,
and trying to get my 10,000 steps. Sometimes it feels like a good idea
to take a little break from all the serious parts of your life.

The other night I wondered what it would be like to paint on the gold
metallic covered cardboard that comes inside my smoked salmon packages.
I eat smoked salmon at lunch many days of the week trying to avoid eating
bread, not because of the gluten, but because with bread I always want more. 

So I wash and save these beautiful gilded pieces of cardboard to potentially
make art with them some day. Tonight I thought why not just do a little madonna
and see if the gold takes paint. No I'm not religious, but I am a major fan
of both Botticelli and the halo, and was happy to find out that the halo
goes back to way before modern religions. Here is a very quick five minute attempt.
And who knows what could happen with the 20 or so other pieces I've
saved. 

Have a loving your life day.

2 comments:

Evelyn Oldroyd - painter said...

I love your Madonna❣️❣️❣️ I too have saved shiny cardboards wondering what I might do with them��. Wonderful idea!!!

Barbara Muir said...

Hi Evelyn,

I might try an abstract work on one. It's very hard to
photograph them, so you can see the shine on the gold, but it was
so much fun.

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO Barbara

Portrait Artist

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