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Saw Blade - 2 different paintings

Two of these exist - slightly different but would work in tandem. The colors are substantially rich and translucent.  The oil on the surface orange peeled and looks biologic almost.  These are roughly 13x13 - I would have to check again.  These are created on hollow core door panels with fineshed sides - wall spacer suspendes the surface off the wall.  
 
It is fun to take ordinary items and make some visual use of them.  I think its comforting to people when they recognize items.  The meaning may ellude them but there is a connection that means something to each viewer.  It might be a spark of a memory of a project you did with dad once ( saw blade), or when you were convinced you could build a deck that didnt sag nor leaned.....etc...you get the point.  The item may be simple, common, ordinary - but the story is not laid out for you to ingest.  Rather, you are given a topic, item, idea and then you add your story.  
 
It is much like painting "realistic" art.  I say it like that b/c most of the beautiful landscapes you see painted are rather random looking up close. The artist gives your eye just a hint at a believable scenario - the perfect shape/shadow, the right dilluted color in the background - a hint here and there.  The funny part is your eye/miind fills in the randomness as you step back more and more....then it pops and you question if its a painting or a photo.  Little pieces of familiarity gives comfort b/c it is believeable even though it may be part of an abstract.  Your mind can sense the right physics or shadows or shapes - when it grasps those visuals there becomes a small balance for the viewer.  So that is how you get philisophical about a saw blade.  
Saw Blade - 2 different paintings
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Saw Blade - 2 different paintings

I took an old saw blade and figured it would be fun to spray paint a reverse image and layer oil/varnish etc. broke down the spray paint into var Read More

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