The best thing about creating a new painting over an old one is that you are not starting with a blank canvas. The textures and some of the colors can be allowed to show through for tantalizing glimpses of its previous history.

                      
   Stage 1:   I gessoed over most of the canvas with several        Stage 2:  I collaged some of my black-and-white
   thin layers, allowing glimpses of colors and text to remain.       photographs  with strong black lines.

The photographs were printed out on Hewlett Packard Bright White inkjet paper using a Canon i9900
wide-format photo printer. I adhered them with Matte Medium applied both to the canvas and to the
back of the paper. I used a brayer pushed in one direction only to remove any bubbles. Soft gel medium
was then stroked gently over the top with a soft brush to prevent the inks bleeding.

                        
Stage 3: Now it was time to get bold with a new color, opaque Red Oxide applied with a wide spatula and dragged
over the background, which had originally been textured with Light Molding Paste. The thick paint skipped some areas, giving a glmpse of the previous layer. In the top vertical rectangle I scraped out letters with a rubber shaper.

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