No Saint

12 x 12 inch frame with gold leaf. Image is transferred on. I titled the work No Saint.

Gold Leaf

I have started having success with gold leaf at last after a long time of experimenting. The image looks different as the light hits it on various angles. It references daguerreotype images and negatives. The gold coming through the image is really beautiful. I am happy with the edges of the image and of the gold leaf. I painted black underneath the gold.

There is a doubling. Gold as a precious metal is desirable and can be made into objects of desire. Mick is desirable and images of him are objects of my desire. By creating a "golden Mick" I have created a double object of desire.