black & white 2

Today I am giving the final touches to the ''Guardian ''

I am starting a 24 x 48 inch painting tomorrow.
Zebras again...:)
I am getting low on paints...and have an overstock....of black & white paints.
These Zebras will be not only black & white...but covered in sunset reflections.

I am still waiting for the final sale of my last Zebra painting.
....come to think of it...it has no title ?

Along for the ride ?
Hitching a ride ?
hmmmmm.......



I also sketched out the'' remarque'' 1 month ago.... that will be on the certificate of authenticity for the painting I donated for the Kennair Educational Foundation.......so I thought I could show it to you ( it's the girl in the medallion )
There will be a total of 50 signed artists proof.... with this remark on it.
It is sort of an '' old world touch '' .....:)

here is what a remarque is :

remarque - In printmaking, most often in etchings, a sketch originally made by the artist on the margin of his plate to test his tools, often to test the degree of the mordant's biting before immersing the entire plate in the acid bath. Because such remarques were originally intended to be scraped or burnished away before the final edition of the plate is printed, a print with a remarque is often called a remarque proof. In the nineteenth century such remarques came to be so valued that they were often retained as part of the finished print. The subjects of these little drawings typically relate in some way to the larger image. The practice greatly fell out of use in the twentieth century.