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"Cat Stevens" Oil 36 x 40 A very early paintings excuted while in college because posters were too expensive. "SELF PORTRAIT IN STUDIO" One of my very first studio paintings. The painting displays a lack of respect for style at an early age. 30 x 40 "YES DEAR THE MEAL'S WONDERFUL" is one of my favorite. Simple expression of the overwhelming feeling of providing for a family. One of my first paintings in my studio style and the beginning of number of works and directions. 36 x 48 "PUT ME IN THE ZOO" is titled after the favorite book of my two girls. Reflects the joy of the family and reading a book to two little girls cuddled up next to you while Deb watches reflecting in the background. The colors and style were all chosen to reflect the spirit, cohesiveness, and importance of the family unit but at the same time reflecting the pressure of trying to do it all - thus the title. 24 x 30 "WAITING FOR TOM" is a painting about the demands that people put on other people. The style is broken and confused combining different stylized approaches all in the same painting. The actual location of the painting is in front of my desk at work. I am out of the painting on the phone behind my desk. My dad, Deb, coworkers are all in the painting. Each asking for a little of my time of which I don't have very much. George, my painting friend and instructor is also in the painting and the only one that is painted in a more realistic style because he seems to make the most sense. 36 x 48 "GETAWAY VACATION" is about the struggles of having and raising kids as well as keeps the romance up between husband and wife. The colors and style were chosen to reflect what was going on at the time in my mind. Other reasons for the painting too. 36 x 48 "RACEMAN" A painting about running around and doing too much. Was the first time I had to take ulcer medication - thus the hand on the stomach. After this painting I was called "Raceman" by my family. 18 x 24 "FIGHTING THE WILD SIDE" Is about the dichotomy of life in a family with it's responsibilities and at the same time not wanting to give up the wild more artistic side of ones personality. The part of the painting that was such a struggle was dividing two styles to make the point. On the side of the painting where the wife and children are located it is painted in bright colors but not very loose and creative. It is broken and struggles to really provide continuity, while the other side is dark loose, wild, expressive, and better art. This is the first time I used style to present truthful fears that the family was going to restrict creativity and the fear that sexuality can not be maintained in a relationship with children. I thought the painting would appeal to women that worry about being both a mother, housewife and still appeal sexually. 36 x 48 "FEAR OF AGING" is a grotesque painting of a nude model. I am dealing with the emotions of aging and being attracted in a physical sense to the aging body.
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