So, the other day I decided that I was going to try and paint a normal still life just to see if I could anymore. I ve worked from photographs, and and painted directly from my computer for so long that I was scared that perhaps I couldn’t make a painting from some garlic and onions on a table. So I used my trusty Google image search to look at some Chardin, and Degas. Got some onions and a piece of garlic out of my cuppord, and set them up old school style on a box in my room. I have to admit, it was actually pretty fun dealing with these old problems of space, and color instead of having everything spelled out in a photo. I also feel like I should get my chops back up by doing some really boring paintings, and figure drawings. We’ll see how it effects my next painting of Jesus with a condom, or a cannibal eating an arm later. And I assure you, my irreverence will return soon:) I even signed my name on it, hee hee, I feel like a real artist now, I just need the mistresses and some sort of alcohol or drug addiction to bring everything full circle into the “real” life of a guy who paints onions.
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