True story: Many years ago, I sat in my Mother's kitchen carefully blowing the innards out of several chicken eggs. After washing and drying them, I super carefully and painstakingly applied layers of melted beeswax and dye to finally achieve the intricate artwork called Pysanky. My mom still has a bowl of these relics in her basement (I think). Just one bowl though... It was an art form I never pursued beyond this initial discovery stage as I found it was way too detail oriented and tedious of work to keep my attention! I remembered just how tedious it is as I painted this painting that has a Pysanka egg in it today! Oh yeah, and that Magpie...I love the position he is standing in! Great lines and curves that seem to swirl and compete nicely with the egg and egg cup. And his intense inspection of this egg had me looking for a new word that would nicely sum up what was going on... Perlustration seemed to fit the bill.
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| Pysanka Perlustration, Oil, 8"x8", to purchase click here |
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