Monday, October 31, 2011

The Big Baboon

Finished! 

Primate,2011 by Agnes de Bethune, 
mixed media on paper 36" x 33" approx.
©2011 Agnes de Bethune. 
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Now for something completely different:







More later...stay tuned.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Next Up...

The buffalo is finished for now:


Buffalo,2011 by Agnes de Bethune, 
mixed media on paper 36" x 33" approx.

©2011 Agnes de Bethune. All Rights Reserved



Next up is the big baboon. Progress shots follow. It's not done yet, but the progession is interesting and I hope this record will help if I decide to paint it in oils.









More to come...


Wednesday, October 19, 2011

More Dead Animals

The hyena is pretty much done for now. And the buffalo is well underway.

Hyena, 2011 by Agnes de Bethune, 
mixed media on paper 36" x 27" approx.

©2011 Agnes de Bethune. 
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Hyena (detail), 2011 by Agnes de Bethune, 
mixed media on paper 36" x 27" approx.


I figure I've got another day on the buffalo, but here are the progress shots:

Buffalo, (in progress) by Agnes de Bethune, 
mixed media on paper 36" x 33" approx.

©2011 Agnes de Bethune. 
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Back to Work

It's been eight months since my last post and I am pleased to report that my health has improved enough that I am working again. Still get very, very tired with the result that I can't sustain concentration for the marathon bouts of yore, but it's good to be starting up a new series. These are studies on paper for some imagery I would like eventually to work with in oils. They are based on a visit I made to the African museum in Tervuren, near Brussels, just about one year ago. It's all taxidermy, but that's nothing new. I did a whole bunch of taxidermy back around the turn of the century, and the forms have always fascinated me.

I just started these yesterday and the zebra is pretty much done for now. The hyena is still in progress, but I like where it's all going. More to come. Stay tuned.

Zebra, by Agnes de Bethune, 2011
mixed media on paper, approx 36" x  24"

Hyena, by Agnes de Bethune, in progress
mixed media on paper, approx 36" x  27"