Saccades XII A169981 The pearl has a silicon

The pearl has a silicon insert allowing it to come off the end of the 14k wire

Multiple surface design processes are used

Woven brass mesh and hammered metal ovals

showcasing layers of whites and grays with highlights of soft blue and touches of delicate green for added visual interest

is made from solid velvet that is stenciled with a paste that removes some rayon pile and leaves the silk backing intact

Saccades XII A169981 The pearl has a siliconIt's good to have a number of paintings going in the studio to work with. In this 12th Saccade, a very textural painting developed because Ken worked over another oil from 4 5 years ago. The heavy impasto that resulted took him back to those Monet works. It was a joy to create a forest with all of that ready made texture. The purpose of the Saccades is to create a painting without a singular point of interest. Doing so presents a number of problems,