Verdigris and ultramarine egg tempera on paper, 2023
Artists have used verdigris (copper rust) since prehistory, though it has nearly disappeared from the contemporary artist's toolbox.
Verdigris, a confident pigment with a mind of it's own, holds a special place in my heart: It's the first pigment I learned how to make. Shifting from a brilliant turquoise to a rich, pastoral green over time, verdigris doesn't stay stagnant for long.
Verdigris represents more and more to me over time: liberty and freedom, change, growth and toxicity, money and power and degradation and potential and the ancient... I assume that list will just keep growing.
Cross prototype
7.5" x 10" panel, no.1
Test zero, day 2, 2025
7.5" x 10" panel, no.2
Lady liberty rubbing
Scraps
Verdigris crystals
Oil paint no.1, aged one day
Oil paint no.1, aged two days
Test zero, day 5, 2025
Crystal growth detail
Test zero side detail
Crystal growth, submerged
Scraps
