Day of Coupage: The Game Changer

This work is kind of a companion piece to Ballerinas Having Flown (see previous post). I call it The Game Changer because the two men in the boat are confronted with potential obstacles, such as the erupting volcano to the right — plus their boat is perched precariously atop a bridge. Maybe they're jewel thieves (see sequins in boat) trying to escape with their loot?

I started with an 8"x10" canvas board and painted it titanium white (acrylic), with just a touch of potter's pink. I considered sponging the paint, but decided I like the way the deep colors of the wallpaper pop against the white.

Then I used my "Vista" vintage wallpaper sample, cut out the different pieces and laid them out on a white piece of paper. The difficult part was layering the pieces onto the canvas board to exactly match my original layout. (I photographed my layout and printed it out to recreate the pieces on the canvas). I applied the pieces using acrylic gloss medium, then added the blue sequins to finish it.

I used one of my fancy stick-on labels from Florence, and placed it on the back of the piece.