While helping organize my moms move to a new house , I came across quite a number of cigar boxes my dad intended to make into radios, before he passed away.
I started painting on them and really enjoyed to process. I make them much simpler than my paintings. maybe only one image. Playing around with the design of the image is rewarding for me.
I take the labels off the lid of the box only, and gesso them. I'm using acrylic paint and then a high gloss finish. Oils is traditionally the medium that boxes are painted with but I like using the acrylics for this project.
