Art & Me
I used to think it was important to have a secret. I no longer believe this.
I used to think it was important to have a secret. I no longer believe this.
Newly Hung: “Eenie, Meanie, Miney, Mo”
I like the potential for narrative, and I like to subvert it. I also like to paint in artificial light. Sometimes I'll go down into my basement studio before daylight and add some flesh tone to three or four panels.
The Studio
This is ridiculously long, barely edited, and shot with my phone, but if you’re interested it shows the process for current way I paint. I developed the method with the series Dear Abby, in 2006-ish, streamlined it during What I Did Last Summer and Eenie Meanie Miney Mo, and feel like things are getting better in this current series, New Testament.
Wet Paint
The working title for the series is New Testament. I have 27 panels gessoed, with preliminary sketches. To me, the images follow an evolutionary path from Dear Abby, What I Did Last Summer, and Eenie Meanie Miney Mo. Because I work on all the paintings at the same time (doing all the sketches first; painting all of the flesh second; etc.),