Verdigris and ultramarine egg tempera on paper, 2023
Verdigris, essentially copper rust, is a pigment that has been used since prehistory, but is seldom used today.
It's certainly the most curious pigment I work with, shifting from a brilliant turquoise to a rich, pastoral green over time.
I see my materials not as tools, but as collaborators. And verdigris, a confident pigment with a mind of it's own, is my second-in-command. Being one of the first pigments I learned how to make, it holds a special place in my heart.
Verdigris has represented many things to me over the years: liberty and freedom, change, growth, toxicity, money and power and degradation 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
