Canvasses drying on my studio floor
In amongst the band practice area, the Chilkat weaving loom, the desk surrounded by 3 art printers, and the TV space, lay 9 canvasses spread about the studio floor in Colorado. They were just gesso-ed.
Gesso is a white primer - the brand I used is "Utrecht." Very thick as you can see, the brush is standing up in the bucket when there is only an inch of primer left!
I am on a two-year mission; I just started this past Sunday, the 22nd. Since 1983, I’ve designed and made 50 Tlingit ceremonial robes in the button blanket, Chilkat and Ravenstail styles. I am using all my paper patterns of these designs for my paintings. For each robe, I intend to paint a contemporary “mate.” When all 50 “mates” are completed, I’m including them in my book of my first 50 robes.
A couple of weeks ago I posted a blog displaying a few of my favorite button robes. Click this link to see those robes: “The Language of Robes: Clarissa Rizal’s First Fifty”