2002 was a year of change. My grounds became more intense, the colors became more transparent and I had a lot of fun making these.
Untitled Triptych
25.5" X 72"
Acrylic and Wood Filler
on Canvas
The Triptych was the painting I was in the process of making during the change of year. Each pouring was done at my friends basement since it was winter and they had the only way I could make these without reverting back to painting on the bed. Not something I wanted to keep doing after the few close calls where paint almost got all over my bed and floor.
Each time you make a multipanel painting, you must make sure your quality control is on high alert. Your wood needs to be super straight and you need to make sure your connections between paintings are good and sturdy. I had to make a connecting cleat to bring all three panels together, it worked but not as well as I would have liked. I am sure in the future it will have a more mechanical connection which will also allow for the paintings to be disconnected and moved.
The Triptych was the painting I was in the process of making during the change of year. Each pouring was done at my friends basement since it was winter and they had the only way I could make these without reverting back to painting on the bed. Not something I wanted to keep doing after the few close calls where paint almost got all over my bed and floor.
Each time you make a multipanel painting, you must make sure your quality control is on high alert. Your wood needs to be super straight and you need to make sure your connections between paintings are good and sturdy. I had to make a connecting cleat to bring all three panels together, it worked but not as well as I would have liked. I am sure in the future it will have a more mechanical connection which will also allow for the paintings to be disconnected and moved.
Understanding
48" X 36"
Acrylic and Wood Filler
On Canvas
I was really happy with the way this painting came out. The white was where the real challenge was, working with white and trying to get it transparent is a learning moment,
I was really happy with the way this painting came out. The white was where the real challenge was, working with white and trying to get it transparent is a learning moment,
06-02-2002
25.5" X 24.13"
Acrylic and Wood Filler
On Canvas
The blue really brought the whole painting together.
06-08-2002
36" X 72"
Acrylic and Wood Filler
on Canvas
I bought enough stretchers to make two 3X6 foot paintings, or one nice 6ft square diptych. I later figured it would be best if they were two separate paintings. They were originally meant to be paintings that looked as if they were made around the same time, it didn't turn out that way.
06-16-2002
36" X 72"
Acrylic and Wood Filler
On Canvas
The colors and manner of painting on this is much more wild than the previous painting. But it only really gets you in person.
Untitled (Blue)
60" X 50"
Acrylic and Wood Filler
On Canvas
Still one of my favorites from 2002. I remember painting the ground in my 10X8Foot bedroom at my Fathers. I had to pin a sheet of canvas to the wall behind the canvas so it would catch all the dripping paint and hopefully not let much get on the floor or wall. It did anyway, just not as bad as if the sheet hadn't been there. The blue was poured on the weekend when my Father and his wife were on their summer vacations.
Still one of my favorites from 2002. I remember painting the ground in my 10X8Foot bedroom at my Fathers. I had to pin a sheet of canvas to the wall behind the canvas so it would catch all the dripping paint and hopefully not let much get on the floor or wall. It did anyway, just not as bad as if the sheet hadn't been there. The blue was poured on the weekend when my Father and his wife were on their summer vacations.
07-30-2002
25.5" X 24.13"
Acrylic and Wood Filler
on Canvas
Private Collection
The Private Collection moniker for this painting is a bit odd, I have no idea where this painting is today, as it was originally accepted by Klaus Kertess. I had been in a small dialog with him about my works which he was pushing me to make more and move to NYC since as he said "I can't do anything for you in Ohio". I had a wild idea one night and sent him this painting, he emailed me a few weeks later to tell me he had received the painting, almost sent it back to me without looking, but couldn't after he pulled it from it's box. This was a painting (that from 2002 until the day I sent it to him), that was hanging on front of my closet door. I always liked putting small works on the door since it was the closest place I could hang a painting where it would easily be seen in reference to my television. Therefore showing me what I was working toward as I was also not doing what I should have been.
08-31-2002 (River of
Dying Dreams)
60" X 44"
Acrylic and Wood Filler
On Canvas
By far one of my heaviest paintings. I must have put three or four quarts of wood filler on the canvas of this painting, and that's before all the paint. My Father used to tell me I should try to make the wood filler in the shape of a person so I could make my own wild portraits, I don't do portraits. SO he would then tell me to just cake the filler onto the canvas as much as possible. That idea wasn't one I wanted in my work so I never did any of his paintings. But I did use a hell of a lot of texture within this and it really has a hell of a presence for a painting. You just gotta see it in person.
Disruption
50" X 38"
Acrylic and Wood Filler
On Canvas
Private Collection
This painting was made as a commission for a new collector.
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