Fluttering in the Summer Twilight: This is a new technique that has the hummingbird painted on clear acrylic with acrylic paints which is then placed over painted upholstery fabric (which is an old duvet cover). These two pieces are placed together in a hand-painted acrylic frame and the whole piece is finished with gloss varnish. It is then placed in a handmade poplar floating frame that is painted in a warm pink. It is wired and ready to hang in a new forever home.
The entire framed piece measures 10.75″x13.75″x2″ deep.
I have painted for a long while on upholstery fabric and this is the first of an experiment of sorts, where I paint on clear acrylic which is then placed over the painted fabric. The purpose of this method is to allow me to get more detail with my tiny brushes that I really can’t get when painting directly on the fabric. This also gives a new dimensionality to the piece where they hummingbird really appears to be hovering over the background.