ArtWanted.com - Faith Puleston

centre-piece I by Faith Puleston

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:02:52 MST

80x80 cm I'm trying a different style!

rendezvous by Faith Puleston

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:52:26 MST

exodus by Faith Puleston

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:51:00 MST

50x60cm

farmyard by Faith Puleston

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:28:32 MST

50x100cm

hitchin a ride by Faith Puleston

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:25:43 MST

50x150cm on gallery canvas

menagerie II by Faith Puleston

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:57:35 MST

improvisation by Faith Puleston

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:56:52 MST

60x90cm

big red III by Faith Puleston

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:55:28 MST

80x80cm

big red II by Faith Puleston

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:53:58 MST

80x80cm

under the waves by Faith Puleston

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:22:03 MST

This is one of several paintings done several years ago, and one of very few without any red! It measures 65x65cm, an odd size due to having been restretched. The original stretchers were the sort one can buy by the dozen on ebay and very substandard. I had a lot of paintings on internet-purchased stretchers and they have all been cut out of their stretchers and either restretched or discarded. I've learnt my (expensive) lesson about buying cheap stretchers, however! The procedure is very difficult because wrapping round involves wrapping a bit of the actual painting (nearly all done in oils) rather than the original raw linen or cotton. It is possible to remove a painting without cutting it, I supoose, but I lack the patience! I don't paint impasto so the results are more or less satisfactory, but involve hammering pegs into the corners and wetting the back of the canvas with cold water to get it taut! And that's a procedure that has to be repeated until the canvas has shrunk enough.