I'VE GOT EYES!

Face improved. Working on mirror illusion and space behind mirror illusion. Illusion is very hard work.

P.S. None of these photos give an accurate version of the actual colours of the painting. I don't know why it is impossible to upload anything which shows the true colours of any original. Maybe it's my camera, maybe it's Photoshop, maybe it's Dreamweaver, maybe it's the web, maybe it's the weather.

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CLOSER TO TRAPPING THE SELF

Here is the latest, unfinished version and the mirror I stare into. I decided to incorporate part of the mirror itself into the painting and also include a thin slice of the room behind it on the right-hand side of the canvas.

I like the idea of trying to represent four levels of reality/unreality simultaneously: the mirror, the image reflected in it, the painting, the person looking in the mirror (but is it really me?) It's far from finished but I'm not going to scrape this one out. I'm worried that there's so much paint on this canvas it will never be dry by the deadline for delivering the work (14 March).

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A is for Alternative Reality

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It's a rather large file so please be patient while it downloads. Watch the little circle moving along the bar at the bottom of the screen. If there's a problem go to Blaugustine, as usual, or to this page on blip.tv.

I crawled on the floor on my stomach to get a worm's eyeview of the room, resting the camcorder on a thick book which I slid along the carpet. I then manipulated the video in iMovie to make it more abstract and graphic rather than photographic. Finally I made up the soundtrack on a virtual keyboard inside Garage Band. It's just an experiment but I like it. Next time I'll know how to make it flow more smoothly.

Dedicated to my dear, talented and lovely niece Indira for her birthday today.

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