granville island pigeons

granville island pigeons

Here is the result of my latest experiment. It needs tweaking, but I suppose that's the whole idea of working in series. In my case, though, by the time I've finally nailed it the challenge is gone and I find that I have to move on rather than exploiting my hard-won knowledge.

As you can see, the polymer transfers I made from the photos I printed on paper (using an HP Colour Laserjet 3550 -- not mine!) worked really well. The paper just peeled right off after soaking, leaving the image embedded in the polymer. For a painting, the only actual painting I did was the background panels (two layers), and the doorway in the upper left-hand corner. The gimpy bikes, park benches and pigeons are "prints" (with paint) using hand-cut stencils and a brush. If you visit Flickr you'll see the original digitally-manipulated photos from which I made the polymer transfers.