Posts Tagged ‘starcycles’
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, oil painting, snake, starcycles
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Harvest Moon
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
This painting, like several others, was done for the cover of the Starcycles Calendar (in this case for 2004). We wanted something simple with rich colors, though later on we added in an image of Thoth as a shadow on the golden harvest moon.
As the paints have aged, the once deep blue has taken on a really interesting sheen that only shows in certain lights, adding a really nice violet depth to the sky that contrasts well with the matte, earthy golds.
Harvest Moon, 10″x14″ oil painting on art board, $599 with free shipping. $60 of your money will go to charity, check out the sidebar to see who I’m donating to this month.
The art board this is painted on is awesome but not really ready to display as is. I’m happy to frame it for you for a small additional fee.
Tags: for sale, oil painting, starcycles
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Year of the Tiger
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Year of the Tiger by Amy Crook
2010 is going to be year of the Tiger in Chinese astrology. I painted this homage to Henri Rousseau for the cover of the 2010 Starcycles Calendar — every year the cover is by far the most enjoyable part of this big project for me. This time, when we were talking about themes for the year, Georgia brought up Rousseau’s famous Tiger in a Tropical Storm, and from there a painting was born.
Year of the Tiger, 9″x12″, oil on canvas board, $299 with free shipping. $30 of your money will go to charity, check out the sidebar to see who I’m donating to this month!
Or keep reading to see how the Tiger got his tail… (more…)
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Year of the Water Horse
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Year of the Water Horse by Amy Crook
One of the design projects I do every year is the Starcycles Calendar, a dayplanner-style appointment book with an astrological bent by Georgia Stathis. For me, the covers are always my favorite part, and something I look forward to every year. 2002 was year of the Water Horse in Chinese astrology, and at the time Georgia had a guest writer who contributed an essay to the book. We were still doing them in print with these three-panel coves that wrapped around, and so when I found this giant 18″x36″ canvas, I just knew I had to use it for that project.
When we were discussing ideas for the cover, I kept thinking of the various stories and legends of horses or unicorns born out of the foam of the ocean, and being the good sport she is, Georgia let me run with it. I first painted the sunny beach in blues and sandy browns with its white, foam-capped surf coming in, and then added the mysterious watery horses with soft pastels on top of the canvas, once it was dry.
Here’s a study I did of just the horses, before I put them onto the painting itself.
And here’s a shot of the painting, before I put the horses in.
Year of the Water Horse, 18″x36″, oil and pastel on canvas, $1200 with free shipping.
Tags: etsy, for sale, oil painting, pastel, starcycles
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