‘Petit Four’ * 2005 * 4cm x 4cm x 2.5cm * Oil Paint

These were a fun (and scrumptious) project, using oil paint to make sculpture. Also a bit of a nod to Wayne Thiebaud, who was a Professor Emeritus at UCDavis, when I was a MFA student there.

Three small 'cakes' made of layered oil paint.
Layers of white paint piled on top of each other - side view.
Detail of small cake made of layered paint.
One pile of brown and pink oil paint.
Two stacks of layers of paint. Colours: white through grey, to black.
One stack of layers of paint. Colours: white through grey, to black.
Layers of oil paint stacked. Grey through to cream colours.
Layers of oil paint: pink, yellow and cream colours.
Three stacks of layers of oil paint - colour gradient white to black.
Layers of oil paint stacked. Grey through to cream colours.
A grid of thick oil paint applied to wax paper in oval shapes.