Tom Wagen's Art

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   The 1st picture is an oil painting that I did of canna lilies about 6 Years ago. I was never really satisfied with it because I always felt the background overwhelmed the foreground. After mulling it over for quite some time I decided to tone down the background with white pastel. That I do believe it brings the flowers more to the foreground

  My daughter , Jenny, found this piece of Flint.  She asked me to. make Something for their home - which represents their liking for bourbon. I did a My daughter, Jenny found a piece of slate.  She asked me to dremel cut in the flint. Once the cut  in the flint was done   I covered the Flint with gold acrylic paint. I found some old wooden pallets in the woods behind the house. I varnished 2 pieces of the wood and posted the flint to the varnished pallet wood. Fur lhre Gesundheit!!  To you

 

 

 

 

 

My daughter, Becky, make me the topic piece of glass work the Christmas after I moved into my home in Belleville IL.  That was in the late 1990's.   In all my moves, I have taken it with me and displayed it where ever I lived.  I got to thinking, now with the uses I have made of Dura-Lar and alcohol ink, I would like to see what Becky's piece would look like embellished with these new art supplies.  I talked it over with Becky and she thought it was a good idea.  The second picture is the original with a backing of Dura-Lar and alcohol ink.  

 

 

 

   Done on plywood with a drimmer acrylic paint and ink.