The Gift of Being Alive
by Timothy Foley
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22.000 x 30.000 x 0.750 inches
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Title
The Gift of Being Alive
Artist
Timothy Foley
Medium
Painting - Oil And Acrylic On Canvas
Description
Back in 112008 I painted an original oil on canvas self-portrait. When I started it in 2008, I started with the oils just painting a bust of the face and head. Everything else was surrounded in a yellow bubble-like space suit. With the right arm out I added a purplish sphere that was grasped in the portraits hand. At that time to me it was like I was in a biohazard or space suit. As the progression of this oil went the colors began to become formed in a rainbow aura around this portrait. So, from red to purple the colors spread outward covering up this one-piece yellow suit below. A white sweater was placed on this figure, and it became a finished oil creation. Until one night back around 2015 when acrylics came into the picture. It was a night of libations and I had some company over and on a whim this oil painting became acrylicized. Portions of a titanium white acrylic hue were added to face sloppily and I added a wing and a second hand in the rear in a fist. I consider this my one-winged angel self-portrait now. I also added some golden metallic acrylics to the right hand over and along with the oil paint on the right hand. I just thought I'd share a bit of the history of this original oil painting with a dash or two of acrylics. Cheers!
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April 10th, 2019
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