Sabine Women

Calculation Away From Picture Taking Painting

This is a painting that generates from the previous painting. This occurs literally in the sense of left over paint from each session is used on this painting. The marks accumulate from the controlled chaos of autographic lines and strokes placed on a large piece of paper.

Eventually, after the first painting is completed this painting begins in earnest with the reaction to each previous step being recorded in the necessary media.

The recognizable imagery develops occurs in response to the aesthetic reaction to the incomplete state of reactions; in this case the reminder of graffiti and Chinese ink strokes recalled a figure from a Korean television commercial which makes it way into the process.

Phase II: Picture Taking Painting

Picture Taking Painting Cartoon

Femme Fatale

These paintings are going to be my entry into the FEMME FATALE art show at Wonder Root.

The painting of two women is more abstract with no specific narrative in mind, whereas the other piece is entitled, "In love with a stripper" in reference to the archetype Mata Hari seducing modern day patrons: Twista, Ludacris, and T Pain. The title comes from a T-Pain song and the concept satires the concept of an exotic dancer today versus the version typified by Mata Hari in the past.

Of particular note is the lack of "exotic" subtext in today's society, there is no oriental mystique necessary. Also, Mata Hari's body was seductive despite the small breasts she shyly hid and a form altogether different the typical stripper exalted by these rappers. (The thumbnail precedes the finished piece.)

Linda in a Museum