Grad Show Progress Report

Okay, so I’m still trudging, as of now, I have 7, 4×4, and the 8×4
started, laid in to various degrees. Didn’t expect my compositions to
work so well in color, sort of happy accident in some places not all,
excuse the crappy slides, have realized that I am not superman as I
had previously believed and that there is nothing wrong with having 16
surface paintings-am scaling back/this by itself will be overwhelming
just presenting the paintings-can always “evolve’ the piece to further
levels more in accordance with my original plans later, That way I’m
not forcing it and destroying myself, and the work too, when it fails,
Had to take some time and begin finishing the last half of canvases,
final mud, sponge, etc. Have realized that my choice of relatively
inexpensive materials echoes the oft-perceived cheap production values
behind comics, and at the same time my construction choices echoes the
comic artists plight of too much work for way too little/ studio art
practices, design, and craft/trade have all come in to this, whether
intentionally or not- I’m too tire to decide, Slides are numbered
according order within piece, chose to mount the drywall rather than
frame it, result is finished edges can be painted around, so pictures
are “contained” yet almost not so, result is dead on glance produces
illusion that these puppies float, complete with drop shadow, hard to
tell from slides, but colors in sky of planet produce vibratory effect
that induces vertigo, I should know I stare at them long enough, I
anticipate having at least 5 more started before weeks end, I project
the image and line in blacks, then apply paint assembly line fashion.
I wire up the gallery lights, pull yellow and hit every canvas down
the line with yellow, etc, etc..then red and so
on…uh…Braindead…