Update on my new painting for the upcoming exhibition at Salem Artworks in Salem, NY. 

PLASTIC! 
Curated by the artist Fernando Orellana.

“Majestic waterfalls of multi-colored polymers framed by rolling
meadows of glistening fiberglass. Distant oceans of rubber duckies,
barbie dollies, and toy soldiers plume in tides crashing onto silicone
beaches. Totems of Tupperware, bottle caps, and plastic dishes
spiraling towards the manufactured heavens. As endless streams of
photons etch specters on to light sensitive celluloid surfaces. Breath
in your daily carbon monoxide cocktail, delivered in such wonderful
flavors of translucent shopping bags. Plastic! Wonderful, wonderful
plastic. Tomorrow we sail off into the iridescent horizon, on floating
islands of automobile tires and inflatable mattresses.”

“The visions within the exhibition Plastic! will focus on celebrating
the artificial. The non-organic. The fabricated. The polymer. The
artists in the exhibition all work with materials or ideas outside of
the sustainable, or the ecologically driven. And through their
indulgence in the non-biodegradable, they sharply criticize our gilded
synthetic culture; one hand in the recycle bin and the other in the
Bugs Bunny cookie jar.” 

The other artists participating in this group exhibition are: Mindy McDaniel, Chris Harvey, Paula Gaetano, and Ryan Roth.
 

My painting is part of a proposed installation in which a series of painted banners will suspend down from the ceiling to create an enclosed area within the gallery space. You can view some of my other banner paintings HERE!

The piece is taking longer than expected because… well, ‘life’ keeps getting in the way, HA! At one point I had to re-paint the whole piece because I over-aged it, meaning the piece looked too dirty. But that’s the way it goes sometimes… The nose of the elephant now has some depth but this is just the beginning! Now I will continue on with the rest of the head.

I will continue to update the progress of this painting on this site! You can check out an early post HERE!
Stay Tuned!!