D.M. Le Bris - Painting Every Day: May 2014

Friday, May 9, 2014

The show is up.....44 paintings to fill the large space.

I started at 10:30am and finished at 3:30pm.

I am slightly tired.... I think I'll sleep well tonight!

Tomorrow is the opening 2:00pm-4:00pm.

Got some nice cheese, fruits and cookies
but NO WINE is allowed in the space.

We'll have fun anyway.....

I just finished the last painting for my "Dreamscapes" show.

I thought I would play with one of Jean de La Fontaine's Fable
"Le Corbeau et le Renard" The crow and the Fox.

I always wondered:
Would the Crow seek revenge after the Fox grabbed his cheese?

I came up with this.....The fox hunt!

I had so much fun doing this encaustic painting!

A bit of humor helps!
It chases away the stress
after working so hard to get this show ready!

Encaustic on 18" x 18" Birch panel

Bee's wax, colored pigments, India Ink, transfers, burnt shellac

My show at the Hancock Library, in NH, is coming up.

I am excited and nervous at the same time.

I am still working on one painting which should be finished by Thursday.

I am hanging the show on Friday.

I'll take some photos of the set up and post them here
sometimes next week.