Match Balanced on Green Bottle Top

Match Balanced on Green Bottle Top

 Oil on gessoed MDF

75x70mm

 $150

A Vertical Match

A Vertical Match

Oil on ivory mounted on rosewood

 $120

Five Live Matches

Five Live Matches

Oil on ivory mounted on rosewood

 $120

Live Match on Lapis Lazuli

Live Match on Lapis Lazuli

Acrylic on ivory piano key mounted on rosewood

 $120

I thought I'd try grinding the lapis lazuli pigment in acrylic medium, reasoning that the acrylic is colourless compared to the yellowish oil and so perhaps lending more clarity to the subtle colour.

Three Matches

 Three Matches

Oil on ivory mounted on ebony

image 50x22mm

Wooden mount 56x33mm

$150
sold

I was rather pleased with the way this one turned out.  When Dale saw it she said it looked very sad, like the Ages of Man.  I just saw three matches.

Live Match on Blue

Live Match on Blue

Oil on Ceramic Tile

24x24mm

sold

Match and a Blob of Blu-tac

Match and a Blob of Blu-tac

Oil on linen on MDF

50x80mm

$100

A Slightly Better Match

A Slightly Better Match

Oil on linen on MDF

103x102mm

$100

Well... it's slightly bigger than my previous efforts, and they say that "bigger is better"...

Match of the Day - Sunday

Sunday's Matches

Acrylic on cotton on MDF

60x97mm

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The last of the Match of the Day series.  This may be the best one of the lot.  I was pleased with how it turned out anyway.  The first two "sunday" matches I tryed didn't work. I burned the match right down to a frizzle, but it didn't feel right (and it burnt my fingers). I needed a good straight vertical at the right hand side of the composition and the live match seemed to fit the job perfectly.  It constantly surprises me that the formal demands of a painting can seem to reflect a certain universal truth about Life.