Transient, 2011. Acrylic and oil on canvas. 48 x 36 inches.
Directionless, 2011. Acrylic and oil on canvas. 48 x 36 inches.
These are my two newest paintings. I usually take about 4-8 months on a single given painting. But these two are the only exceptions. 85 % of the first one was done in about 2 months, and I allowed it a few months to dry before touching it again. The second was completed in 36 days. The first is centered around the concept of holding on while everything else is falling apart, and you know that inevitably, you must let go. The second is what comes afterwards, during the separation: you are emotionally numbed and you don't know what to do with yourself anymore or what direction you must take. They are very much like self-portraits, without actually having my face plastered on. They are raw fragments of me that have been broken off and rendered and pasted on thick pieces of cotton-duck for the world to see and judge. They are my realities, as broken, and tender, and dismal as it may sound. But I love both of them even more than my own skin.
mkp.
