Monthly Archives: September 2014

New Artwork: ‘Chapter’ (and mapping satan with the aid of a couple of Cezanne’s card players)

Posted on September 26, 2014 by AnnIsikArts

I’ve just finished this mixed media collage encaustic. It’s called Chapter.

There’s more than one meaning to the word chapter. The work has risen from a musing and a fusing of two. Continue reading →

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1337 Likes Milestone Award

Posted on September 24, 2014 by AnnIsikArts

1337 – strange number to consider a milestone. My grateful and humble thanks to all who have done me the honour of visiting my blog and hitting that like button. Continue reading →

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Friday Fictioneers 100 Word Flash Fiction Challenge: Nabat

Posted on September 19, 2014 by AnnIsikArts

Nabat

I looked back, sin
more comfortable
safer than flight.

I should have soared away.
Zoar was not far
but sin was nearer.

I was cosy with sin –
a warm nest. Continue reading →

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New Works In Progress

Posted on September 19, 2014 by AnnIsikArts

Landscape of Landscapes is the first of a series of mixed media encaustics I’m working on – still part of my Below the Line project.

It’s small, but includes a good number of mixed media techniques, including digital imagery, an altered (bleached) photo of a landscape, and the bottom bit (green) came about when I found my hands doing something entirely unexpected.

It has led me into new territory.
Continue reading →

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Seth Apter’s Studio Table Blog Hop

Posted on September 18, 2014 by AnnIsikArts

Seth Apter (The Altered Page) is running a blog hop of photos of artists’ studio tables. Here’s mine. Look closely and you’ll see my cat Keeks, who often keeps me company as I work. Well, mostly she sleeps.

It’s always fascinating and often revealing to see artists’ work spaces. Francis Bacon’s studio instantly popped into my mind as I wrote that and I found the You Tube video below, which is about the re-creation of his studio. Continue reading →