Hand-sewn and Crayoned Double-sided Cloth Mask oil on canvase a mild stimulant

a mild stimulant

with more than a few dings and some paint loss

pretty hard to miss this one

which comes from the intermingling of the aged paint and tin it was painted upon--brown and rust and silver all together

Hand-sewn and Crayoned Double-sided Cloth Mask oil on canvase a mild stimulantI love a mesh Odd Fellows mask, which this one reminds me some of, but there's a different sort of satisfaction about those lines of sewing machine stitching on the cloth, framing the face in an off kilter way, that I think make this really great. I also love that it was drawn upon on both sides, crayon I believe, perhaps one side a first attempt superceded by the other, but having the effect of portraying two sides of one character, the backside