Posts Tagged ‘snake’
Ophiuchus
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Ophiuchus by Amy Crook
The second Starcycles Calendar I ever laid out was in 2001, and when Georgia asked for Ophiuchus on the cover, I decided to dive in with an oil painting. The image wrapped around the book, so the snake’s tail and field of stars were the back cover, while the figure was the main focus on the front.
Ophiuchus, 9″x12″ oil on canvas, sold.
Tags: constellation, greek myth, nfs, oil painting, snake, starcycles
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Twining Snakes Moleskine Volant
Friday, May 28th, 2010
Twining Snakes Volant, detail, by Amy Crook
This bright green Moleskine Volant notebook has been hand-decorated with a pair of twining snakes using Sharpie markers. A black snake is biting his own tail in a double-looped ouroboros while his green friend slithers suggestively through his loops.
Moleskine’s colorful notebooks are ideal for customization, turning the high-quality book into a work of art in which to wrap your ideas. The acid-free ruled paper is a creamy ivory color, and a delight to write on. The large size Volants have 96 pages between their soft vinyl covers. The design is in permanent Sharpie, and should last as long as the notebook it’s drawn on.
Twining Snakes, 5″x8.25″ customized Moleskine Volant notebook, $30 with free shipping. 10% of your money will go to charity, check out the sidebar to see who I’m donating to this month.
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Twining Snakes Moleskine Volant by Amy Crook
Tags: etsy, for sale, moleskine, sharpie marker, snake, volant
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Ouroboros
Monday, May 24th, 2010
Ouroboros by Amy Crook
The touches of copper paint glow brightly in the photograph, as though the camera picked up the particles of shimmery metal in the paint.
Ouroboros was painted as another experiment, and is one of the abstracts I’m the most pleased with. The copper swirl of the snakes eating tails concludes with one escaping the endless spiral. The rough white shape on its periwinkle background calls to my mind a giant wing against a twilit sky, Quetzalcoatl overseeing his little cousins perhaps. The metallic paint highlights here and there throughout the painting in subtle and unsubtle ways to add dimension that goes well with the textured brush strokes.
Ouroboros, 16″x20″ oil on canvas, $1199 with free shipping. $120 of your money will go to charity, check out the sidebar to see who I’m donating to this month.
The edges of this canvas are unfinished, but it’s otherwise suitable for display as is. I’m also happy to frame it for you for a small additional fee.
Tags: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, abstract sale, for sale, oil painting, snake
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