FORAGED PIGMENT - AADK RESIDENCY

February 2022, artist residency with AADK in Blanca, Spain

What is belonging?

Belonging to me means being part of something larger.

So, from foraged rocks from the surrounding area outside Blanca, I broke down the rocks to be part of something bigger. This earth. These base elements. Oxides buried and revealed. This was the exploration of making pigment and painting a portrait of the land with the results.

Over the course of a month at the residency, I walked the land. Carefully kept rocks and took them back to begin the process of making them pigment.

Using simple methods aka hammer and cloth. Hours of light taps the rocks gave way to dust. From this the dust was mixed with water to further refine the pigment particles. For a binder, egg. The yolk of eggs have been used for centuries as a paint binder. Slow mixing and application yielded a beautiful earth toned portrait.