Preparations for producing an image for the cover of Marly Youmans forthcoming book, Thaliad.
The head will be a reverse silhouette on a dark ground.
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A drift of leaves for collaging.
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Detail: beginning to assemble the image. Accents of red (berries) and yellow (honeysuckle) have yet to be added.
These snapshots were made in poor light. The colours are more vivid than shown here.
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Detail: stand-in for a yellow and black bird under construction.
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Clive Hicks-Jenkins' Artlog: 
ohhhh, this is looking awesome! the leaves are fantastic, and i love that eye 🙂 i like the idea of the reverse silhouette, too…
This one is fun to do!
I love seeing the early stages of your work, Clive. I find them really, really exciting!
Thank you Shellie. Early stage art-work may be rough, but it’s full of promise for what might be.