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G244A Alien Nativity
Oil on panel
Oct to Nov 2010, Size 234x336 mm
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G244A Alien Nativity
Oil on panel Oct to Nov 2010, Size 234x336 mm |
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About this painting
Developed as my annual Christmas card design. I began with a dome shape, sketching on my typical note paper about 8cm square. This included a small nativity, a moon, spires and soon the scene was reminiscent of Tatooine, the fictional desert world from Star Wars.
Later, the suddenly obvious relationship between Star Wars and the nativity came to mind, but only after I'd envisioned green skinned alien women and men draped over the scene like something from fantasy art. |
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Technical details
Violet can be a difficult colour to use because most violet pigments are delicate and transparent, not suitable for underpainting where opacity and permanence are vital. Here the sky was painted in browns before being glazed in manganese purple. The bright purple imprimatura, visible here in the unpainted parts, is dioxazine.
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