When I was on my recent holiday in Greece I collected loads of ephemera - paper napkins, table mats, tickets, labels, notices, etc., to use in a piece of artwork when I got home. I had the idea of doing a long thin bottle and looked around for a suitable background. As I try and recycle whenever I can, I searched among my stock of frames, canvases and boards to find something with the right dimensions. I found a stainless steel frame, without glass, that someone had given me, so I decided to use this and did the artwork directly onto the hardboard backing. All the papers I used for this piece came from the fabulous hotel we were staying in. The name of the hotel is the Teroso Blu, which means blue treasure in Italian, so I used this name for my bottle picture. A constant reminder of my holiday!
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| Close-ups showing layering of papers, paint and inks. |
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| 'Teroso Blu Bottle' - mixed media (91cms x 32cms) |
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