I See if Can Scrape It off With a Scalpel
Oil & Oil Pastel on Paper.
Size: 50 W x 70 H cm
It’s dark and it's Halloween. There are lots of school kids giggling in front of the trolley. I’m looking at all the bright plastic adornments. Navigating around the kids, deciding not on the chocolate and sweets. In the main aisle, there is a shelf full of human-looking dolls, old men and women. There aren't many left. They have blue line marks under each eye. I see if can scrape it off with a scalpel. It comes off but reveals the white foamy base material underneath. They’re squidgy. The man doll has a single curl of hair on the front of its head.
This painting is available as an Archival quality Fine Art Giclée on 310gsm Hahnemühle German Etching Paper
A4 - 210 x 297 mm
A3 - 297 x 420 mm
A2 - 420 x 594 mm
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This paper has the exact same make-up as the original is painted on - 100% α-cellulose. Acid- and lignin-free. There is a visible structure to the paper which gives a textured look and feel close to the original.
It is certified ISO 9706. Which means it conforms to museum quality for the highest age resistance.
I scan the original (not photograph) so it is as accurate as can be. Including all the oily lumps and strokes of the originals. And then If it’s needed I colour-correct on a colour-accurate studio monitor with the original in front of me.
