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on a fish that is!!! This is the first one in a series that I was commissioned to make for my dentist, as each of his rooms have a fish theme. The first room he chose was the ‘Tripletail’ room. Instead of using my traditional aboriginal style painting, dots, he wanted it similar to one I had created before in my Splatter Series.
Then the fun begins…grab at least a dozen colors of spray paint and a rubber mallet. I came across this idea when I accidentally dropped a mallet on a can of spray paint and liked how it sputtered out random sized drops and such. This technique is more experimental than technical…but it is sure a lot of fun and you can use your imagination as much as possible. However, I do like to keep the fish looking as close as possible to their true shape and colors…so I had to call up some of my fisherman buddies for advice…but that’s a whole different story – lol! I chose to use blues and such for the frame to mimic water.
Once all the splatters are finished, several coats of high gloss lacquer were applied. Installed the 24” x 32” x 1/8”-thick mirror, using turn buttons, inside a luan plywood frame, roughly 1/8” smaller than OD of frame and glued to the back. Then attached another piece of luan to protect the mirror. All the luan was painted black with several coats of hg-lacquer applied, before final assembly. Forgot to mark my screw holes before attaching the hanger/wire and was like a 1/16” off when I heard a cracking sounding…ARGHHH, is it seven years bad luck if you only crack a mirror!?! To my dismay, I had to take the whole thing apart, run to Lowe’s and get a new mirror. Got home and removed the sticker…why do they put them on the front - another day, another soap box, any whoos, got the label finally removed and mirror all polished up and discovered scratches. Once again, another ARGHHH…back to Lowe’s I go!!! We had to go thru almost a dozen different ones before we found one that was acceptable…a lesson to be learned! Finally, attached the 21” x 13” fishy to the front of the frame with screws, and then installed the decorative hangers on front…and walla one fishy mirror completed. Overall size ended up 35” x 31”, and roughly 15-lb or so. (Copper color is the reflection of my wall in my wo-man cave)
Thanx for letting me share another one of my unique pieces. Any comments or critiques are more than welcome!
Then the fun begins…grab at least a dozen colors of spray paint and a rubber mallet. I came across this idea when I accidentally dropped a mallet on a can of spray paint and liked how it sputtered out random sized drops and such. This technique is more experimental than technical…but it is sure a lot of fun and you can use your imagination as much as possible. However, I do like to keep the fish looking as close as possible to their true shape and colors…so I had to call up some of my fisherman buddies for advice…but that’s a whole different story – lol! I chose to use blues and such for the frame to mimic water.
Once all the splatters are finished, several coats of high gloss lacquer were applied. Installed the 24” x 32” x 1/8”-thick mirror, using turn buttons, inside a luan plywood frame, roughly 1/8” smaller than OD of frame and glued to the back. Then attached another piece of luan to protect the mirror. All the luan was painted black with several coats of hg-lacquer applied, before final assembly. Forgot to mark my screw holes before attaching the hanger/wire and was like a 1/16” off when I heard a cracking sounding…ARGHHH, is it seven years bad luck if you only crack a mirror!?! To my dismay, I had to take the whole thing apart, run to Lowe’s and get a new mirror. Got home and removed the sticker…why do they put them on the front - another day, another soap box, any whoos, got the label finally removed and mirror all polished up and discovered scratches. Once again, another ARGHHH…back to Lowe’s I go!!! We had to go thru almost a dozen different ones before we found one that was acceptable…a lesson to be learned! Finally, attached the 21” x 13” fishy to the front of the frame with screws, and then installed the decorative hangers on front…and walla one fishy mirror completed. Overall size ended up 35” x 31”, and roughly 15-lb or so. (Copper color is the reflection of my wall in my wo-man cave)
Thanx for letting me share another one of my unique pieces. Any comments or critiques are more than welcome!
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