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| My sneaky photo in Fireflies at the whitney. |
After seeing the amazing Kusama explosion all over nyc and meeting with my mentor i was thinking about the possibilities for two dimensional art. These are just some experimental relaxing sketchy paintings. I have not done any painting (with the exception of my tumors) since (gulp) my foundation classes in undergrad, 7 years ago. i was surprised by how relaxing and gratifying it was to just play around with materials and no pressure or final product in mind. Making these paintings helped clarify some of the things that have been interesting me lately- specifically boundaries, and conversely the breaking of boundaries. I read a good book (not for school) titled "where to draw the line"about the importance of healthy boundaries and it got me thinking to the boundaries all around us, state and country lines, cell walls, the atmosphere, skin, acceptable ways of acting around different people, etc. and what happens when these boundaries are broken. I like graph paper and felt most comfortable starting my paintings on 11" x 17" graph paper so that is what these are on. I started painting these the day after i saw kusamas show and putsed around with them for about a week as kind of a relaxing evening ritual. The influence of Kusama's show is definitely visible in many of these.
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| for some reason this came out much more blue than in real life. |
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| broken square |
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| i realize this looks like a president or something. unintended. |
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| this is smaller than the reset at 7x9 inches |
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| diagonal broken square (the paper is white with blue grid, bad photo color. |
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| cheesecloth covered wool with leak about 4 inches wide and 12 inches long. |
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| i like the way the cheesecloth can be morphed and looks graph like but skin like as well. |
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| my landscape oil painting, dated 1992 (made under my dad lessons when i was 7). Now under the white grid painting, bye bye bob ross! |
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| close up of white grid encaustic painting |
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| studio view |
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| white grid painting with slice, i am working on material and things that are going to be spilling out of it onto the floor. |
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| close up |
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| 8" diameter embroidery hoop with screening, interfacing, and wool |
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| a felt test with the interfacing materials and yucky felt colors |
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| a little wool leak |
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| these are just some forms i have been playing with |
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| this is wax poured over an ice sphere, I made this my first semester but have been coming back to the idea of preserving something in flux. |
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