Trojan Archer from Temple of Athena on Aphaia

Trojan Archer from Temple of Athena on Aphaia
Trojan archer from Temple of Athena at Aegina; recreated by V. Brinkmann and co. (click on image to see video of archer being painted)

Thursday, March 15, 2012



Recent work
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

First layers



Building up the undercoats
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Outline scoring

outline of panther head scored into marble with a point chisel.
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Friday, November 11, 2011

The spots have it





Judging from vase paintings of panther skins, it seems that spots should be included in the final effects.
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Sunday, October 2, 2011

sketch on marble slab, next to photo of original (in Brinkmann article)
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Monday, September 26, 2011

Experiment 2: preliminary sketch

experiment #2
Re-create panther-skin from 'Seated Dionysos,' c. 520 B.C., Athens, National Museum, 3711.  Build up dimension, color, and texture through encaustic paint on flat sheet of marble.  First: the preliminary sketch (from Vinzenz Brinkmann, "The Polychromy of Ancient Greek Sculpture," in The Color of Life, ed. R. Panzanelli, Getty Publications (2008) 25).
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Monday, April 18, 2011

Athena relief



The ultimate goal of my experimentation - finish this marble relief and paint it.
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