The Deconstructionist
 

This oil is 53X38" and is my latest large work. I'll post more on how the panel was made and some images of that later.

Welcome back Tim :)

You already know I love this piece!

Fabulous, Tim...

Best--TE

Ditto! :cool:

Hi Tim -- good to see you posting again!

This is beautiful and unique. Can we see some closeups?

Upper close-up
 

Hi Terri

Wow!!

My fingers froze, they are speechless.

Wow!!

Thank You
 

Is it clear from the images that the entire image is all painting? Our friends that see it in person, do not all understand that the wood is a painted image-not an actual frame.

Tim,

This is my favorite painting of yours. The very chromatic reflective lighting on the side of her face is exciting.

It's also great to see you back. You work and insight have inspired me since I joined this site a few years ago.

Keep em' comin'!

Hey Tim--

Thanks for the closeups! Actually I'd wondered about that wood whether it was painted there or put there.... Did notice the golden light showing through the gap and figured it must be painted. It's a very convincing illusion :thumbsup:

Tim, that's magnificent. And yes, I knew it was all painted; the level of realism is approximately the same throughout so it all read like artwork and not frame. Bravo!

Tim - this reminds me of the one you did of your wife sitting in the wooden crate window which was equally amazing. This looks somewhat like her..was she the model? Don't think I've seen the other one posted here...could you post so others could appreciate?

Tim,
this is a very beautiful peace of art. Actually it seems to me that you made different techniques and strokes here unlike your previous works that can be seen in your web. I thought it was a picture because it looks so real and i like it so much. How did you do it anyway?
God bless in your career,
Xander

Thanks all
 

Xander, interesting question you ask. The brushstrokes are thicker than one might expect from the photos and I believe this helps with the light concept. Some parts (the darks) are very thin. Then bright passages very thick so the light refracts from the strokes and helps these areas appear even brighter. This is an old trick of course that has been done since 1600. But, it still works.

I have a ton of time in this piece (for me)...maybe that accounts for some of these differences you note. Here's the model and the box she posed in.

Thanks to you all for the nice remarks, Tim

Hey Tim -- love the closeups

and Cool that you built that box for her to pose in! (But who's that in there, Sasquatch?!?)

Scale
 

This may show some scale and how the panel is built.

Who?
 

Terri, you'd recognize that paunch anywhere wouldn't you?

Just out of curiosity - how long could she hold that pose for you at a time? It must have slowed down the process a bit I would imagine.

Cool hat
 

I superglued her hands to the bar and then tided the bar to the wood. She was still for many hours although she did wilt a bit. But she never ever complained. She of course still has the crow bar.

Well, would recognize that blur anywhere... :sunnysmil

Well, this certainly limits the possibilities of using her in another painting. Although, I'm sure you can come up with an idea. :sunnysmil

Tim,
Thanks for the tip. Anyway, you said that the paints are thick, if it's so then how many laps of days do you wait to put the second and third layers of the paint. What is the proper time for that? the books say that the paint should be dried enough at least 6 months of waiting before one can glaze it. If that's the case then the figure of your model might have some differential like the hair or something within the span of 6 months. So in your case, what do you do?
God bless.
Xander

Drying time
 

The 6 months dry time sounds like the time to wait until you place a final varnish on. The time between layers of paint is much less. I very seldom glaze. I place opaque (or semi-opaque) on layer over layer-lean to fat.

There are numerous ways to slow or speed up your colors drying times. I think there are whole threads devoted to this subject deeply.

Flossing
 

Kim, it also limits her abilities to floss and other things for 7-8 months but art is pain as we painters all know.

Welcome back Tim, you certainly come back with a bang!!!

Truly inspirational to see a master in the making..... Well I'm no expert but hey your painting blew me off my chair!!! (That's the bang bit)

I fractured a rib as I hit the floor and my back has never felt better, thanks to you. Seeing this beautiful piece of work reminds me of what is possible when the really hard work is behind you and what success is all about.

Gotta go and get back to the prune juice and herbal mixes now, double doses from now on to make sure I can live to 200, so I too can put the hard yards and achieve such greatness. It will be a struggle I am sure.

I really missed your inspiration by the way!!! Well Done....Wow...Slurp, Dribble Wow...Note to self, breath.....

That's it!
 

You are hillarious Ngaire! I'm getting my tickets for Australia this summer.

Tim,

It just so happens, I can put a good word in for you when you arrive here. I have rung Customs to tell them that when you arrive you have 24 hours to get yourself and your instructional videos straight to my door, as I told them that you will be staying with me for at least 4 weeks.

Oh! my mistake didn't I tell you that you have to enter Australia via my place, because I have to put you under house arrest and into my care for debriefing. You are special, that is why you need the debriefing. Not all tourists are treated this way. Customs wait for my intel on this and I advise them who needs to be debriefed and who doesn't.

Oh! my mistake didn't I tell you this part too..... Oops...I will need to debrief you of all of your trade secrets and then you have to personally demonstrate this knowledge to me during this 4 weeks or until I am satisfied you are not a spy. I then have to put a report into Customs after I am satisfied. This of course, may take longer than 4 weeks and I suggest you tell your kin that your stay here 'down under' could be extended due to Custom protocol.

Here, in Australia, we like to do all we can to uphold our international repoire by giving personal attention to tourists albiet some get more than they expect.

I await your confirmation on dates with interest. Over and out........

New Zealand
 

My cousin Liv tells me it's nice in New Zealand.... :D

New Zealand is not for the faint hearted, the beauty will take your breath away, it would be probably best to ease into such southern beauty while coming here first, our diversity will certainly take your breath away but we don't have the tremors (from earthquakes) here like they do in NZ. I could squeese you into my schedule and give you a guided tour, you could say ..... pay me with teaching lessons.... Just a thought!!!!

Visa
 

I just thought the visas & imigration might be easier there... ;)

Thanks Tim. God bless in your trip and everything.
'xander'