The Peasants Are Revolting!


Annely Juda Fine Art, London, in 2017. Paintings were made on top of mordant-printed and dyed calicoes, in plant and earth pigments in egg tempera. Dividing the space were what I call “pleitas,” long thin paintings on panel with plant and earth pigments in a weave pattern. Woad was growing in a raised bed, which was harvested for a performance demonstrating making Maya blue.




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Creative Common's Pigeon Coop, 2017, May blue made from woad, woad and gesso on calico mordant-printed with dyer's broom, cochineal, and logwood on board, 120 x 186.5cm Peasants Fighting with Scythes, 2017, Mayan blue made from woad, ink, and gesso, on calico mordant-printed and dyed with dyer's broom, buckthorn berries, and logwood, on board, 120 x 185cm Painting with Flower and Song, 2016, Maya blue made with woad, aliaga, cochineal, ink and gesso on calico mordant-printed and dyed with madder, cochineal, and dyer's broom on board, 100 x 200cm Woad, 2016, Maya blue made from woad, and gesso on calico mordant-printed with buckthorn berries on board, 128 x 164cm Madder, 2016, madder, ink, and gesso on calico mordant-printed with madder, on board, 100 x 120cm Painting with Plant and Insect Colours, 2016, Maya blue made from woad, madder, aliaga, cochineal, ink and gesso on calico mordant-printed with cochineal and dyer's broom on board, 100 x 125cm




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