>>utopia + excess + acrylic + paint thinner + hollow spaces + Awesome post-it + absolut peach & other liquids + butterscotch pencil + sow-ciety  + urban/tribal settings + my world + “i see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” <<

1. the view outside our living room at sundown ♥

2. my desk

3. ‘Short-sighted’ an acrylic painting by me

4. the painting amidst everyday addictions..

5. black + white tastes good

Based on a collage filled with magazine cut outs this painting portrays the short-sighted perception of false bravado + machismo. The shades of yellow are symbolic of the cowardice that lies masked beneath these surface deep attitudes. Following this train-of-thought I decided to highlight the skin tones of the center-front lady; in order to parallel the idea of magnifying the hidden shades of her persona, accenting her true base colors….the result adds an unshakeable tribal core to the painting.  The glasses further emphasize her need for greater clarity, and the tilted, imbalanced vertical lines push this idea.  Her oversized hat is literally + metaphorically an all-consuming vacuum that presents the-blind-leading-the-blind mentality; a society of individuals so concerned w/ the opinions of others that they feel impelled to copy/paste regardless of whether or not they find a trend truly tasteless. Laaaaame. For example in Mean Girls (which by the way is an AWESOME film) the Queen Bee, Regina George, finds her tee defaced. Unfazed she continues to wear it despite her bra showing through two peep holes… the school follows suite. But like I said, it’s short-lived, just like the overly bright/ripe fruit in the painting.

xxx

ps. it’s incredible how ideas just evolve….the above was supposed to just be