Continuing with work done at home with another one of my "Shit That Keeps Me Up At Night-Bogeyman 2." Perhaps, a feeble attempt to exorcise those bloody demons that...keep me up at night...
Couple of new pieces to share. Hope you enjoy them.
First up is "Keokuk, Iowa, Subway Map." 18"x24" Canson watercolor paper. Matisse gesso undercoat with acrylic and alcohol inks. I once worked at a factory in Keokuk. Piss factory would be the right description.
"Shit That Keeps Me Up At Night (Bogeyman#1)"
An Easter offering. 18"x24" Canson watercolor paper with Matisse gesso background. Graphite, acrylics, and oil pastels.
"Chemo #4" (with port installed)
I thought it would be interesting to posit process via two images of the same work- from an early iteration to its current (and I believe completed) state. DIMS: 24'x36" primed canvas. The undercoat is a charcoal wash that has been tempered with oil crayons (sky and sea)- the buildings/structures are layers of graphite, charcoal, oil crayon, oil and acrylic paint. It's titled "Italy, After the War." My older and too soon deceased brother, Stevan, was born in a DP camp south of Naples (Eboli). This is a fragmanet of dream/imagination/cosmic transference.
Here are the two iterations:
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| 2nd and final version. Mo betta! Thanks for looking, Hope ya saw something! |
As my heart continues to open and I shed all the nonsense that used to fill me up, I'm left with this child in me and his paints. I think that it was the soon to be canceled, Pablo, who said it, "Paint like a child..." I'm left with no real choice but to do so.
22"x30" Canson watercolor paper. Temperas and oil sticks. Sticking with the dopey jokes:
"Chemo-Sabi" with apologies to Tonto.
Working on a theme- 11"x15" 1264 Fabriano watercolor paper. Tempera, charcoal and graphite.
"Chemo #2"