7 Chakras

7 Chakras by Amy Crook

7 Chakras by Amy Crook

This is a much larger piece than the monoprints I’ve been posting up until now, and my terrible photography is unfortunately one of the reasons I’ve been putting off posting them. The page comes out much more buff-colored than the reality, which is the soft cream of heavy watercolor paper.

This is the third of my monoprints featuring chakras, and by far the largest. When I printed it the colors ran, so that the top image came out clear, and the lower chakras were blurred into each other and their colored backgrounds. You can see them more clearly in the detail images below, and you can always click on any image to see the larger version.

7 Chakras, 11″x30″ monoprint on watercolor paper, $399 with free shipping. $40 of your money will go to charity.

This one-of-a-kind print is on a single sheet of thick, archival watercolor paper, and will need to be framed or matted to be suitable for display. I’m happy to help you out with that for the cost of materials.

Want a payment plan? You can do 4 automatic monthly payments of $100 if you’d like — I’ll ship your art as soon as I get the last payment.

7 Chakras, detail 1, by Amy Crook

7 Chakras, detail 1, by Amy Crook

The plates on this page are all 3″ wide, while the page itself is 11″, and the whole piece is 30″ long (2.5 feet!). I’ll probably ship it rolled, unless you choose to have it framed.

7 Chakras, detail 2, by Amy Crook

7 Chakras, detail 2, by Amy Crook

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Posted on July 20th, 2010 in Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Series and Books | 4 Comments »

Second and Seventh

Second and Seventh, detail, by Amy Crook

Second and Seventh, detail, by Amy Crook

This monoprint is another one in a series I did featuring the chakras, in this case showing a man reaching up for the Seventh chakra, enlightenment, while being held down by his very active Second chakra. He strives to rise above while his base physical being keeps him down to earth, so his goal seems to him to be out of reach, as if on another plane entirely. On the other hand, his connection to the ground is also very fuzzy, his feet lost in the fog as he puts all his energy toward his goal and none of it toward his real life.

There’s something compelling to me about the pull between physical and spiritual for many of us, and the disconnect that forms as a result.

Second and Seventh, 8″x11″ monoprint on watercolor paper, $299 with free shipping. $30 of your money will go right to charity.

This piece is printed on a simple sheet of watercolor paper, and would need to be framed or matted before hanging, which I’m happy to do for the cost of materials.

Second and Seventh by Amy Crook

Second and Seventh by Amy Crook

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Posted on July 19th, 2010 in Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Nudes and Other Sexy Things, People, Figures and Faces | 2 Comments »

Sugarbutt the Fairy

Sugarbutt the Fairy by Amy Crook

Sugarbutt the Fairy by Amy Crook

One of my shameful addictions is the Facebook game Fairyland. When I first started playing I named my Fairy “Sugarbutt” and after a few months I decided to draw up a portrait of him, complete with rosy cheeks and flower cap. I guess he lost his leafy clothing right before the portrait, oops?

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Posted on July 17th, 2010 in Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Nudes and Other Sexy Things, People, Figures and Faces, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange | No Comments »

With Bows On

With Bows On by Amy Crook

With Bows On by Amy Crook

This is the second in my series of little bronze people, and as you can see they got quite a bit more risque. This couple, like all my paired people, comes apart at the point of contact.

With Bows On by Amy Crook

With Bows On by Amy Crook

They take a little twist to fit together, and I think of them like really porny Legos — though I’m pretty sure Lego wouldn’t be too happy about the comparison. Plus, they only go together one way.

Both figures were hand-scuplted in wax with a few extra details. The man has been decorated with waxed ribbon that cast into bronze, his package, eyes and hands all bound up in pretty bows. The woman has one high heel made of carpet tacks that fused into the bronze, the other seems to have gotten lost along the way — fitting, really, for the sort of activity they’re engaging in.

With Bows On by Amy Crook

With Bows On by Amy Crook

As with all the people in this series, there’s only select detail in the figures, she has one hand with distinct fingers while the other lacks discrete digits, and they only have the merest suggestion of faces.

These are, of course, only sold as a pair.

With Bows On, cast bronze approx. 7″ long x 5″ wide x 6″ tall when joined, $1299 with free shiping. $130 of your money will go to charity when you take this couple home.

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Posted on July 16th, 2010 in Daily Art, Nudes and Other Sexy Things, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books | No Comments »

Am I Blue?

Am I Blue? by Amy Crook

Am I Blue? by Amy Crook

This is another piece done using S as a reference, I think off one of the photos I took of him. I swear I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to draw people from below without it becoming all about their nostrils, heh. This was also a practice in not-quite-monochrome, using only various shades of blue, from blue-violet hair to blue-green lips to soft powder blue skin. The darkest shadows are the only true black.

This piece is done with soft chalk pastels on a thick bristol board, and really ought to be framed. I’m sure I’ll get to it one of these days!

Am I Blue?, 5″x5″ pastel on bristol board, $399 with free shipping. $40 of your money will go to charity.

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Posted on July 15th, 2010 in Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces | No Comments »

Weeble Wednesday: Gretchen

Weeble Gretchen by Amy Crook

Weeble Gretchen by Amy Crook

My friend Gretchen is visiting from far, far away, so I’m posting her for Weeble Wednesday! I hope you all have a lovely week, I’m off to do fun stuff with friends.

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Posted on July 14th, 2010 in Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces | 2 Comments »

Fog

Fog, detail, by Amy Crook

Fog, detail, by Amy Crook

This piece was made deliberately vague, just a hint of a figure hiding in the violet fog. The monoprinting process helped to further add blur and squishiness to the image, so that it’s only our human nature to see a face wherever there’s the right arrangement of shapes that brings out the figure at all.

Fog, 3″x3″ print on 8″x11″ watercolor paper, $299 with free shipping. $30 of your money will go to charity.

The framing of the image on the paper adds to the sense of mystery, as though it’s a tiny window into something larger, the open area to the right and above adding a feeling of vastness.

This print is on a sheet of paper that is unframed, and will need to be matted and/or framed to be suitable for hanging. I’m always happy to frame things for you for the cost of materials, and shipping’s always free.

Fog by Amy Crook

Fog by Amy Crook

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Posted on July 13th, 2010 in Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces | No Comments »

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