Dammit, the color change from the left side to the right side on the reeds is really obvious. When you take a week off and your color dries out you deserve to have something like that happen.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Bad Water 12
part 12...
Dammit, the color change from the left side to the right side on the reeds is really obvious. When you take a week off and your color dries out you deserve to have something like that happen.
Dammit, the color change from the left side to the right side on the reeds is really obvious. When you take a week off and your color dries out you deserve to have something like that happen.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Bad Water 11
So I have a deadline now, and as you can see in the image below I have a long way to go on this thing. The last weekend in September, on the 29th or 30th I'm delivering work to Higher Grounds coffee shop in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia. Details coming soon.
What's more important is that I would like to have this painting finished (and dry) for this hang, which means it needs to be done by the 28th. To give you an idea of how daunting of a task that is, consider that this painting is on part 11. That means I've done 11 sittings, or studio sessions worth of work on it. The last time I did a step-by-step blogging of a painting was for Xanadu, which took 43 sittings to complete. Two weeks, 32 more sittings to go?
Xanadu was far more complicated and involved than this piece, and I anticipate its about 2/3 the work, but still I'm gonna have to do a lot better than the lame 1 hr sitting I just did tonight. But I love deadlines. They're an excuse to not sleep and be really moody and introspective.
What's most important is that this hang will be the public debut of After The Occupation, which I expect will incite bidding wars, maybe even riots complete with rubber bullets and tear gas, as I anticipate rave reviews and complete public hysteria over what I consider to be one of my best works to date.
I'm exaggerating a little, but I'm happy to get that one out of my house and in front of strangers. I'll be even happier if the painting below tentatively called Bad Water can get it self done in time. Take a look and let me know how much more you think I need to do on it....
What's more important is that I would like to have this painting finished (and dry) for this hang, which means it needs to be done by the 28th. To give you an idea of how daunting of a task that is, consider that this painting is on part 11. That means I've done 11 sittings, or studio sessions worth of work on it. The last time I did a step-by-step blogging of a painting was for Xanadu, which took 43 sittings to complete. Two weeks, 32 more sittings to go?
Xanadu was far more complicated and involved than this piece, and I anticipate its about 2/3 the work, but still I'm gonna have to do a lot better than the lame 1 hr sitting I just did tonight. But I love deadlines. They're an excuse to not sleep and be really moody and introspective.
What's most important is that this hang will be the public debut of After The Occupation, which I expect will incite bidding wars, maybe even riots complete with rubber bullets and tear gas, as I anticipate rave reviews and complete public hysteria over what I consider to be one of my best works to date.
I'm exaggerating a little, but I'm happy to get that one out of my house and in front of strangers. I'll be even happier if the painting below tentatively called Bad Water can get it self done in time. Take a look and let me know how much more you think I need to do on it....
Bad Water, 30" x 48", oil on canvas, ain't done yet...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Bad Water 10
This is only an hour's worth of work. I got caught up in a late night eating binge after taking a break and just couldn't get my head back into it. Whatever. No work tomorrow either, Giants-Cowboys on TV, and I'm OK with that. I think its healthy for artists to have sports obsessions. Its way better than having a coke habit and less time consuming than surfing YouTube for conspiracy videos. And the rest of TV sucks. There's really nothing else worth watching on except for Seinfeld reruns on CW Philly and Batman on The Hub.
See if you can tell the difference between tonight's photo and the last one from last week (Bad Water 9).
See if you can tell the difference between tonight's photo and the last one from last week (Bad Water 9).
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