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Published: 2009-07-18 00:30:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 2594; Favourites: 102; Downloads: 0
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The update: Captured a better image. Although, I am still not happy with it.Date July 2009
Dimensions 24" x 36" x 2"
Medium Watercolor/liquid acrylic...the usual stuff on framed gesso board. Wired to hang.
This one has a lot of texture and does look space-like.
Price $650 plus shipping (it is heavy...like 10 lbs.)
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Yes! This is really awesome! I agree with julieomg that it's best work from You I saw.Β Β
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I love this one, colours are so vivid and strong. <3
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The thumbnail from a distance appeared to be a landscape of a lake with trees. Keeping that in mind, the full size image is more interesting for me.
~Meg
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The amount of detail in this is exceptional, Peggy! The tones are vibrant and deep - this is really lovely. (:
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Thanks for checking it out.
Just checked out your new space. Looks great. Love your studio space!
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Thankyou! It's comfortable and productive in here. :D
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The veins in the centre dominate the frame... reminds me of an article I read in National Geographic, about calligraphic patterns on egg shells and how they are created... of course they also communicate to me as the workings of the heart... and how everything seems to be falling over backwards, in deep, unknown waters.
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Love that ..."everything seems to be falling over backwards, in deep, unknown waters".
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for me the best part is the middle... looks like sunlight shining through water, or maybe in a cave or something. I love the atmophericness (huh?
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Cool. Thanks for checking it out!
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I absolutely love the blending you did with the soft yellow and blues in the middle. It creates an alluring quality for me. I can get a little sense of the texture is like from the little glare, very nice!! Beautiful piece, Peggy, beautiful!
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Yeah, that is why I am still not happy with this shot...the glare. I need to just invest in a lighting kit, or have my works scanned.
Thanks for checking it out!
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amazing.
this is a fresh breath of inspiration!
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Thanks!! I am glad you like it!
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Ah, thanks! I appreciate it!
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That means a lot coming from you, Inge!
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You are a very gifted artist Peggy!
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This feels like I'm seeing four or more different paintings at once - what a treat! I love the strata and how they compare to their neighbors, overall creating a beautiful landscape.
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Thanks for checking it out!
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Can you brush past me on the street in the hopes that maybe I'll catch a shred of your talent?
This is incredible. You're really an inspiration for me.
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Ha...you want to steal my art mojo!? 
Thanks for checking it out!
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I love the strata going through the lower middle, did you do that with a painting knife?
Oh, apparently Jupiter was hit by an Earth - sized object recently; just happened to hear it on NPR
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Weirdness, I saw that, too!
No knives on this one...the paint is too liquid. I use tissues and plastic. The drying time makes a difference, as well.
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oh, man.
this reminds me of monet.
god, i love it.
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The complexity of this is really exciting.
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Wow - its amazingly textured and vibrant. Very beautiful work Peggy. It almost looks like a collaged photo underneath the layers of paint. Very interesting work.
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And you achieve an incredible sense of texture in this work, a very difficult thing to do with watercolor in my experience. Bravo again.
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I forgot to add the liquid acrylic to the medium, so it is a mix of the two. I did not use water, though sometimes I do to get a different effect...I rarely use brushes. I also get slightly different results depending on the type of board that I use. I always add varnish at the end whether it is on board or paper-that seems to bring out details in the paint that are flat otherwise. I have developed a technique for this over the past 2 years...I may video tape it some day.
Thanks for the comments and for faving it!
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By not using water do you mean that you use watercolor straight out of the tube? And what experiences do you have on boards? I presume that you use the varnish after the piece is finished, as an overcoat glaze - or do you mix in into the paint? Indeed your should do a video or tutorial - for whatever your are doing, it is working wonderfully for you.
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No tubes...all liquid.
I love the boards. They are what I use mostly. I have tried out many different textures and like each of them for different reasons.
Yes, the only think I add post varnish is any gold of sliver. It does not hold up with the varnish I use. It either breaks down and smears, or looks tarnished.
Thanks!
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Thanks Peggy, I like the way you have been experimenting with non conventional methods and materials -
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You are a whiz at bringing the beauty of the cosmos down to earth - very Jupitor-like indeed, and very beautiful.
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this is the best work of yours that i've ever seen!
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