a Few of My Favourite Things 08/29

I want to start a new series of posts focusing on works of art other than mine own. Works both contemporary and classic, works that inspire and awe me. I hope these posts shed a little light on mine own work as well as my process. I welcome comments and hope these posts can create and further a dialogue about the work in both general and specific terms.

Caravaggio's The Conversion of St Paul

I thought I would start out with something maybe less obvious but nonetheless something that is very close to my heart. Caravaggio's The Conversion of Saint Paul is an absolute Masterpiece, with a capitol M. This work is one of the best examples of Caravaggio's exemplary use of light. I think there is a tendency to focus on the skewed perspective with this piece but what is often taken for granted while focusing on this is that without the shadows and the light that perspective disappears. Not to change subjects but some of Pablo Picasso's best work does just that, flattens the plane by removing the shadows. In that way Caravaggio laid a ground work for modernity by pushing the boundaries of perspective through the use of light. Although this work is often characterized by it's hyper-realism, the work is actually more surreal than real. By eschewing the traditional composition Caravaggio shows us a moment so short that a camera (the most modern of devices) would struggle to capture. This work's modernness cannot be disputed.

Ceremony

Acrylic On Paper

h: 22 x w: 30 in

$250.00

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I was raised on Reagan and Bush. Raised to believe the soviets would destroy us. The end of the world was on the other end of phone call placed on a red phone. So what do you do when that didn't happen. When the Iron Curtain fell America became drunk on decadence. We were the only global superpower left and we were in the middle of the biggest economic boom since levitt town. We became arrogant and lazy. For 8 years the world hinged on a blue dress with a stain of uncertain origin. The first decade of the twenty first century is America's hangover. We have bathed in saturday nights bachinal, repented at sunday mornings altar and now we find ourselves hungover on monday mourning.

Happy Pills

Acrylic On Paper

h: 12 x w: 18 in

$250.00

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I was raised on Reagan and Bush. Raised to believe the soviets would destroy us. The end of the world was on the other end of phone call placed on a red phone. So what do you do when that didn't happen. When the Iron Curtain fell America became drunk on decadence. We were the only global superpower left and we were in the middle of the biggest economic boom since levitt town. We became arrogant and lazy. For 8 years the world hinged on a blue dress with a stain of uncertain origin. The first decade of the twenty first century is America's hangover. We have bathed in saturday nights bachinal, repented at sunday mornings altar and now we find ourselves hungover on monday mourning.

A Golden Age

Acrylic On Paper

h: 12 x w: 18 in

$150.00

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I was raised on Reagan and Bush. Raised to believe the soviets would destroy us. The end of the world was on the other end of phone call placed on a red phone. So what do you do when that didn't happen. When the Iron Curtain fell America became drunk on decadence. We were the only global superpower left and we were in the middle of the biggest economic boom since levitt town. We became arrogant and lazy. For 8 years the world hinged on a blue dress with a stain of uncertain origin. The first decade of the twenty first century is America's hangover. We have bathed in saturday nights bachinal, repented at sunday mornings altar and now we find ourselves hungover on monday mourning.