the color of now

ptg 10, 2011

This painting is for the 'Under the influence' group show at Blackfish Gallery, January 2012.

the color of now, oil & sharpie on panel, canvas, piano key, 2011 

Statement that goes with the piece in group show:

We’re all influenced by everything and by anyone we come in contact with, to some degree.
What influenced this painting?


1. Pressure: signed up to participate in show, had to make something.
2. Pattern and decoration, if it requires a label.
3. Placing the piano key on top of the little canvas: playfulness?
4. Markings with Sharpie: perhaps to satisfy a need to draw.
5. The Internet where I spend a lot of time. Surely it has an effect – good and bad.
6. Photography: have taken a picture everyday for over a year. This kind of painting can’t be experienced by taking pictures. So a desire to do something else.
7. This in turn will influence the next piece in some way.

laughingstock

oil on canvas, 11x14 inches
ptg 9, 2011

horses 2

Ptg 8, 2011
Second attempt at horses painted yesterday working postcard size, oil on canvas, 5x7 inches

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Photos

horses

Tried to make little paintings with horses but didn’t have the patience to be realistic. Oil on canvas. For a group show theme ‘horses’ in December. 

Ptg 6, 2011

Painting 6, 2011. Oil on canvas, 10x10 inches.
No title at the moment.



Before and after:

'How to massage reality'

Ptg 5, 2011. Oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches.
Originally called 'How to massage a cake' back in 2009.




Painting as it looked in 2009, 2010 and now 2011. The 2009 version initially called it 'How to massage a cake'. Maybe go back to using that title. Less serious.

I mean to be

Ptg 4, 2011. Oil on canvas, 14x11 inches. Redoing a 2009 piece.
Current title: 'I mean to be' based on the song that goes with the video.




 Before and after:

I want it because

Painting 3, April 2011
Oil on canvas, 10 x 10 inches.



Before and after:

Growing thing

Painting 2, April 2011.
Redoing a 2010 painting 'Growing thing'. Oil & pentel on canvas. 10 x 10 inches.




Before and after:

Life is supposed to be fun

Getting back to painting. Painting 1, April 201.
Painting session from yesterday afternoon and this morning. Repairing painting that fell and got smudged in late Dec 2010. It was originally horizontal.




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