Board and Studio is where it all begins, or at least it does for me. 4 years of art school and one TOTALLY disjointed portfolio later I asked one of my friends "where is my style?!".
Norman Rockwell had realistic quirky americana, George Petty had his sassy Petty girls, and Peter De Seve... well, Peter De Seve is just freaking awesome ( as demonstrated by those few months senior year shamelessly trying to rip off his style). My friend looked at me and said "it's not that you don't have good influences it's that you try to do them all at the same time!". Sure enough, looking at the bulletin board above my studio desk was a mess of influences, recipes, project ideas, & a picture of the most perfect Frye Boots ( I have still yet to buy).
Let's see if we can sort out some of those ideas here.
Above: First in a series of paintings (?hopefully?) "Gingham & Yellow".
1 comment:
I really love this painting. I can't tell you how good I think it is. Great pattern and shapes. You've got something here, (in my own opinion, but what the hell do I know.) By the way, I never knew this blog existed!
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