CHRISTINE PALAMIDESSI
CHRISTINE PALAMIDESSI
"If you want to succeed as a working artist, make friends with the gods."
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Fluctuate ( The Moon Is Not Always Full)
March 2021
Acrylic on cartapesta
26 x 9 x 4 inches (triptych)
The pandemic reached its end and then began all over again.
Process images
Painted cartapesta mask
Casting the face
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Working in my summer studio
Pulling mask from cast
Collecting 'blank canvases'
Cartapesta embedded with hardening agents
Designing
Bejeweling