This piece has such strong impact -- like Enzie says: very sculptural! Gorgeous, Chris!

Everything that I would expect from a Chris Saper portrait. I love your book by the way.


Matthew

Very cool painting Chris. Which glue at Demco did you use? They have a good number of them.

Thank you, all.

Carl, I use the Demco NeutralBond. It is a permanent bond. I originally had a big jug of Miracle Muck, but switched some years ago to the Demco glue because the Demco is pH neutral. The people at Miracle Muck weren't exactly sure whether their product could be made pH neutral, but recommended I talk to a chemical lab...long story short, the chemical folks suggested something that sounded suspiciously like the stuff that was used in the Oklahoma bombing, and inquired about the type of safety facility in which I was planning to use this volatile substance. That did it for me.

However, I think that I may go back to the Muck. I like the idea of heat reversability. The Masonite gound isn't pH neutral anyway, do I'm not sure if I am operating on overkill or not.

Sharon,

He went for the shirt because I didn't give him a choice. And everyone out here wears these shirts all the time, so it's not an unusal Arizona thing,

Chris,
I read somewhere recently a fellow talked to the Muck people and they said the heat reversability was temporary in that after a certain period of time (less than a year if I remember it accurately) it was no longer reversable with heat. I did not pay further attention as at that point I decided against Muck. However, since It was read quickly in passing I may be mistaken. It would probably be a good idea to inquire about this before ordering a bunch of it (in case I do indeed have the correct information).

Thanks for the glue lead. :)

Chris, this is a wonderful painting with terrific wall presence. I love it!

Carl, I have both the Demco glue and Muck. It's been a while since I used either but I remember thinking that the Muck took a longer time than the Demco to "set", which is a good thing if you suddenly find a small hard clump of something betwixt linen and panel - you can peel off, remove irritant and reposition.

That's something worth considering, thank you Linda.

Chris, you have a rock solid strong painting as always!

Thanks for pioneering a whole new approach to painting supports. I am curious why the synthetic brushes hold up better. I just recently completely weaned myself from synthetic brushes because in general they don't hold up as well for me on linen.

Garth

Chris,

I've been meaning since the first day you posted to say that this is simply awesome. Sorry for the delay, but , wow, I'm just so impressed everytime I see this piece of work. Just absolutely gorgeous... Congratulations!

LInda

Wow!
 

Chris, I know this was posted a while ago but I have a lot of catching up to do, seeing what amazing talent is represented on the forum. I have to tell you this is a fabulous portrait.

Alex