The Big 4 Bike Shop Painting

This piece is painted from an old photo in front of a Chattanooga, TN bike shop. I started with a yellow background, which proved to be a lot more daunting than I thought. I reworked colors over and over again to get them to cohabitate nicely. The reds on the car alone took three days of work to find just the right values. While painting this piece, I began to think a lot of older days and the things we've lost; such as spelling words correctly. Typos seem to be everywhere now, from texts to news articles; and no one seems to care. I'd like to see a revolt against laziness and a reinstitution of spell checking and grammar. The car itself speaks to the care with which design was once suffused. I feel that with so much ease to which we gather and disperse information, find entertainment, or research, we have lost the desire to work in a way that strives above mediocrity. This painting speaks to the midcentury, when design was, in my opinion, at its very best. I try to incorporate that aesthetic and work ethic into my paintings. My style is reminiscent of fauvism and pop art. It obviously speaks to the age of color blocking and poster art as well. Though while developing this style, that was never my intention. I paint with bold colors in order to give immediate attention to the work, less it is lost for all time. I often include figures as well to develop a story. I believe non figurative art is mostly aesthetic, and I also believe that stories are what draws us deeply into any piece of art... from literature and music to visual art.

Painting:Household on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:24 W x 36 H x 2 D in

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