Redneck fresco (pigments on toilet paper, joint compound, wood glue, and flour) over handmade acrylic
People die and the world turns; You have to mourn, and you have to do the dishes.
I painted a man who'd been mauled by a bear over and over again throughout the alleged five stages of grief. It never feels like stages to me in the moment...just evil and unbearable and complicated.
At first, my reference made me squirm. But after spending several hours with him, I could stare at him for hours on end it as if he was a vase of daffodils. Sometimes, out of nowhere, it'd kick me in the teeth all over again.
Each version of the same subject refers to different versions of grief: vivid, abstracted, violent, heavy, constrained, confused, denied, and regretful, to name a few.
Each piece was accompanied with a scent exploring four out of the five stages of grief; the smell of acceptance was left as an absence.
Acrylic and cigarette foil on cardboard
Pen on paper, cigarette pack
Charcoal, newsprint, zip ties, and cardboard
Acrylic on trash
Acrylic on duralar on Stella box
Monoprint on cardboard
Monoprint 1
Monoprint 2
Monoprint 3
Aura
Acrylic on trash
Outdoor stu
Pen and highlighter drawing in cig pack
Cardboard
Digital
Acrylic on trash
Acrylic on duralar on garbage
Spray paint on carboard
Acrylic on cardboard
Multi-tasking
Spray paint on cardboard
Digital
PBR box panel
Monoprint over handmade acrylics on cardboard
Prep
Colors
Palette knife
