I said, there would be more to come...
I have to admit when I signed in to my blog account and saw that my last post was from 2010 with the title "More to Come" I couldn't help but laugh, but anyway...
I will now attempt to revamp this blog by giving insights into my work as well into the process of its creation. I will start things off with this painting titled "Trapped Man"
Due to the lack of models and money for models in my area I often look to other sources of reference to create new figurative work. In this case I was looking at a very specific moment in the latest Superman movie "Man of Steel" In the seen it is rumored that the director Zack Snyder imposed Christopher Reeve face over Henry Cavill in a sort of tribute to him in the movie. I decided to use that as my point of reference, not so much for Superman fandom but I like the idea of painting two people at once in a single image.
As I was working on the painting I became frustrated with my results started to continually construct and deconstruct the painting to the point where I didn't really care for it anymore. So I started to paint over it. Then I stopped and suddenly identified with it. I then left it alone for a few months intending to work back into it, but all my ideas didn't seem to fit. At this point I totally related to it in a unintended way. I guess the only way to finish the painting was to not finish it.
Other than the strange sense connection to the painting I thought is kind of looked like Michael C Hall as Dexter and I thought that was kind of funny.
I titled the painting "Trapped Man" because he looks a looks trapped, doesn't he?
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