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Title: Transposition #3
This was the 3rd painting from my "Transposition Series" made in June. The first two photos show the painting before I added the menstrual medium and the third photo shows the final result. I added a pearly powder to the gouache-acrylic mixture, which gives a shiny metalic glow to the yellow-greenish paint.
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Documentary Film Annoucement -- "Period: The End of Menstruation"
Announcement:
An upcoming documentary film, "Period: The End of Menstruation" will feature several of my menstrual paintings and a personal interview.
This feature length documentary by film maker Giovanna Chesler explores the current state of menstruation in America. The film documents current trends in menstruation that may change the way we ( Read more... ) -
Title: Transposition #2
Dear Friends,
Thank you all for your wonderful compliments to my first painting from the Transposition series -- branching out into new media while remembering the old.
Tranposition #2 painted on 18" x 24" gessoed masonite with acrlyic gloss medium, gouache, and menstrual blood.
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Title: Transposition #1
To those who ask, "why don't you use paint?" -- this is my first from a series of Menstrala that include gouache alongside the menstrual medium. Instead of mixing gouache with water, I mix it with acrylic gloss medium to get a thick malleable texture. I also mix my menstrual blood with the acrylic gloss medium to give it a glossy seal. The ( Read more... ) -
Spiralingmoon Makes the Livejournal Top 40 List
How amazing and exciting. There are over one million LiveJournals and, as of this week, Spiralingmoon is listed 8th on the LiveJournal Top 40 ListThanks everybody, and especially LJ friends, for expressing your support and praise of my paintings. I didn't think that menstrual paintings would be so on demand by viewers when I started this menstrual ( Read more... ) -
Red Moon Eclipse Photos
Our great spiraling moon was dark red, big and full last night during her spectacular eclipse by the earth's shadow. I went to watch the event down by the Embarcadero near the foot of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. Somehow I missed the early moments of the moon rising because it was already in its totality while on the rise and hard to spot. ( Read more... )
