a watercolour painting on hand cut rag paper, framed in between two pieces of glass and soldered at the edges. The painting is a bullfrog and a rain frog sharing some spa time on a mossy log. The bullfrog pours a ladle-full of grey, pudding-like mud over the rain frog as the rain frog closes their eyes in bliss. There is glistening mud everywhere. The frame is in a diagonal arrangement and has little bits of found glass shards decorating the edges. It hangs from vintage rust coloured flax cord.
The painting of the buddies again, but against a paving stone background, to highlight the transparency of the glass.
A close up on the bullfrog, covered in globs of mud. A brassy sun hangs low behind them. The bullfrog lifts the long handle of a ladle with one hand and a curved leaf in the other. They use the leaf to smooth mud on the rainfrog as the rainfrog smiles on.
A close up on the rainfrog sitting on the plush moss. Their skin is patterned with mottled brown with little light spots: like many little stars in space. The rainfrog smiles with their eyes peacefully closed.
Muddy Buddies🌱✨
10x10" #watercolour and acrylic on rag paper between glass, finished with solder, patina, found glass and linen thread
commissioned and completed in 2023
