{"id":13501,"date":"2022-05-24T22:47:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T22:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=13501"},"modified":"2022-05-24T22:47:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T22:47:50","slug":"color-the-language-of-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=13501","title":{"rendered":"Color – The Language of Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last fall, I received the email that always thrills and humbles me: I had been selected by Donna Guardino to have a show in the Main Gallery at Guardino Gallery<\/span><\/a> in June of 2022. I didn’t celebrate too long, but instead studied the schematics of the gallery, the wall spaces to be filled, pulled together a batch of boards, and got to work.<\/p>\n

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The getting to work initially meant prepping the boards for painting. I knew early on that I wanted to pair art quotes with vivid colors, so right from the beginning these elements were prominent.<\/p>\n

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Moving boards, applying plaster, creating texture, sanding the plaster, writing on the plaster, sealing the plaster, writing more on the sealed plaster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After all the boards were prepped (with massive help from my studio assistant), they were ready for paint to be applied.<\/p>\n

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Piles of oil paint mixed with cold wax.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This part of the process required many layers of oil paint mixed with cold wax. The dominant theme was layers of paint with the writing of quotes in between the layers.<\/p>\n

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Started out working on these two boards as a diptych.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Writing on all the layers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Working on quotes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Blotting some of the oil from R&F Pigment Sticks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Dripping quotes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A quote on an early layer of oil and cold wax.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Applying oil and cold wax.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Just another layer of oil and cold wax.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Getting my exercise working on big boards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Just another day in the studio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Applying oil and cold wax to create texture and design.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Scrapping off paint.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Work session.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Various stages.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Working on the floor on a huge board.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Contemplating my next move.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After several months of work, the pieces began to take shape. Some boards got scraped, some were finished, but then I decided they weren’t finished so more layers were applied. Writing was always present, but it was in the last six weeks of working that I began applying the words more boldly on the surface of the painted surfaces, and these turned out to be my favorite pieces.<\/p>\n

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R&F Pigment Sticks are like writing with lipstick.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“A Frenzy of Confessions,” 20×20 inches, plaster, oil, and cold wax by Dayna Collins.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And before I knew it, it was time to stop painting. The oil and cold wax needed time to dry, cure, and set before applying a final coat of cold wax. For the month of May, the paintings were in my studio, in the hallway, and in our bathroom just resting.<\/p>\n

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Part of the lineup drying.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Frida approves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Applying final layer of cold wax.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Applying a final layer of cold wax on the finished painting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cold wax on a finished painting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today as I put together this post, all the paintings have been moved to the main floor of our house. They are being prepared to be wrapped and loaded into a van we had to rent to transport the 44 paintings (yes, 44!) to the gallery in the morning.<\/p>\n

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Finished . . . and exhausted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The show hangs on Wednesday, May 25, and opens on Thursday, May 26, with the opening reception from 6-9 pm; the show will be up through June 26. An added bonus is you can see (and shop) all the pieces by going to Guardino Gallery’s website<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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