Two Unfinished
14 Oct 21 by justatest
These two very old half-finished works may be down but they're not quite out (as yet). I've still got them somewhere in storage and hopefully, one day, they will be completed.

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unfinished in studio

I made them big and baroque like that, I think as a gesture of enthusiasm to counter the trepidation I felt in those days of being trapped.
Although they're separately individual works I've put them both together here as they originate around the same time.

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Unfinished no. 2 (out of the way)

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Unfinished no. 2 (out of the way)
artwork al sole

Despite many years of moving to ever smaller and darker studio spaces, they are amongst the few I've managed to keep for a better day.

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Unfinished no. 2

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Unfinished no. 2
even the photos are desperate

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Unfinished no. 1 (with repair job)

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Unfinished no. 1 (with repair job)
front view

Yes I know what you're saying very art-schoolish. Fair enough, however it was early days of my venturing into 3D work and so I reckon that I needed to experiment and let rip a little.
I'd love to be in a nice big space with plenty of time to get to complete it/them. I wonder what I'd do?

( ..maybe I'll ask IMMA [LINK] to see if they'll let me use one of their fine studio spaces? )
That´s too big an ask, they won't even reply, I hear you say.  [update: you were right]

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Unfinished no. 1 prussian blue

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Unfinished no. 1 prussian blue
another layer of gesso then painted layers

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Unfinished no. 1

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Unfinished no. 1
Unfinished one [jute on gessoed paper on metal frame]

At this stage the raw jute has been cut to shape, soaked in hot rabbit-skin glue, then applied to the base form.