Hearts of Men

Reggie's class has been such an inspiration for me. Not only in the things he has taught us in class but even more so in the homework assignments given.  Learning his creative process has prompted me to think outside the box and to utilize things in a different way. Like this piece. The background is a photograph of a small canvas I had previously painted. I took a picture of the 4x5 canvas, brought that file into Photoshop and enlarged it. Then printed the image on a 11x17 piece of Epson Velvet art paper. The paper was coated with spray fixative before the text was written with gouache. I really liked the effect of the enlarged canvas texture. Also, the freedom of working on a print. Need a do-over? No problem!

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