decorating the sides

I finished up my painting 'Confection' yesterday. It's one of the new pieces I created for the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. (I'll post the final painting tomorrow.)
I remembered I had some designer paper I picked up when I worked at an art store several years ago. I thought it would be appropriate to apply it to the sides of the painting and decorate it like an Easter egg. Here's the result.

 I unrolled the paper and sprayed it with some green and yellow spray paint.

I cut out what I thought were the most interesting sections to use for the sides of the painting.

 I gave a coat of purple to the sides so the color of the wood wouldn't peak through.

 All done! I pasted and glazed the sides with some Mod Podge glue. It came out a little darker than I expected, but I'm still happy with it.

The frame game

More recently I've been framing my works. This is a glimpse of what's to come: I just sprayed these both this morning. The blue-purple one is for a group show in June, the yellow one will later have design elements added to it.

Happy Easter/long weekend to you all!

Tout fait! (all done) The idea for this painting came about from trying to rationalize just what the heck Grimace IS. What is he? He's this large, loveable purple cone shaped guy. He doesn't LOOK like any animal, nor resemble anything on the menu - just what is he?!? His origin remains a mystery. As if he just appeared one night...

'Night of the Grimace'

acrylic on wood panel

9"x12"

This painting is for sale. Inquire privately if you are interested.