Art of Jodi Magi

Think I just made a horse today

jodimagi — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:04:25 +0000

So this is what I have been working on in the last day or two. I am quite happy with him, but the trouble is, on the right side of the canvas which is cropped out here, is a little girl with a bucket of paint in her hand. She has just finished applying makeup to this horse (but it isn’t on yet). So the point of this painting was that she has just tried to ‘humanify’ this beautiful creature by smearing it with red lipstick and eyeshadow, making it beautiful in her eyes because it is like her, but in actuality quite disturbingly grotesque. My dilemma is, I don’t want to smear his face with lipstick and eyeshadow! He looks lovely just the way he is! But then, that is the whole point….. humph.

Window shutter painting

jodimagi — Sun, 06 May 2012 17:39:30 +0000

This is the bottom section of the wood, partially finished. Above her, in the background will be the ruins of her castle from where her owner fled before discarding her in the rush to escape.

Window shutter painting

jodimagi — Sun, 06 May 2012 17:26:46 +0000

Painting the first stages onto the wood window shutter.

Window shutter painting

jodimagi — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:53:53 +0000

This is the second drawing in progress for the oil painting on the dutch wooden window shutter of the French clown doll. It was hard figuring out how to draw the ruff collar!

Sanding down window shutter

jodimagi — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:41:31 +0000

Here I am sanding down and cleaning up the old dutch colonial wooden window shutter I brought back from Galle, Sri Lanka last month. Wood with a history is difficult to come by here in Abu Dhabi as it is basically the desert, so there are not many trees as you can imagine. This is the back of it, the front is carved as you will see in the future…
Having completed a few acrylic paintings on camphor wood and oak, I have decided to switch to oil paints when working with wood. I think the bonding process will be more stable, especially once the wood is primed with lacquer. Natural shellac was my first choice, but was unavailable here.
I am really looking forward to starting this piece. It will be depicting a French-style clown doll who has been discarded in the foreground, the background will be the ruin of the doll’s former castle home. I think I will leave the castle as the wood and the sky will paint in its silhouette.

The Bright Ones

jodimagi — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:40:37 +0000

My latest illustration for ‘The Bright Ones’.

The Bright Ones

jodimagi — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:45:11 +0000

Page 2 – 4 illustration for my new children’s story.

The Bright Ones

jodimagi — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:36:26 +0000

I have recently written a new children’s story which I am in the process of illustrating. Here is page 1 – 2.

Drawing for new painting on wooden window shutter

jodimagi — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:38:06 +0000

This is the first drawing for my next painting which will be on an old dutch-style wooden window shutter. It is supposed to be a clown doll who has been discarded by its own when they glad the ruined castle in the background. All areas shown as white will be the wood of the window shutter and the actual image will be painted in oils in sepia and cream tones I think. You can see the carved section of the shutter in the middle.

Everything Must Change

jodimagi — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:37:30 +0000

I started this painting after moving rainy, green Melbourne to the surreal, modernistic, concrete, desert-city that is Abu Dhabi. Then, having familiarised myself with the instant-home-world of Ikea, and the guilt that came with those necessary yet unhappy-planet purchases, I was feeling a little overwhelmed and homesick. For all the beauty and intrigue of my new city, I greatly missed the vibrant colours and water of down-under and also wanted to create an image which talked about humanity’s increasingly disconnected relationship with our natural environment.

2012, acrylic on canvas board, 61cm x 91cm.