Putting a Cork In It oil on masonite 8x10 $150
Throughout this summer I've been working with several friends on various art projects. The projects are usually fairly simple and normally revolve around a theme or an object or even a podcast that is used as a starting off point for making work. The point of all of this is to keep each other motivated during the summer and make work on a daily basis. This is not always an easy thing to do, but most artists will tell you it's crucial. As Chuck Close puts it, "Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up to the studio and work." Meaning, good work doesn't come to those who sit on their laurels waiting for inspiration. Rather, it comes from doing the work itself. And so these projects are designed to keep us working everyday with the understanding that eventually good things will come.
The painting above is from a project where you had to somehow incorporate a wine bottle into the piece - again, a very simple idea. I chose to talk about the decision I made a couple of years ago to severely curb/quit drinking. In the colors of the walls and the freezer, I've tried to incorporate as much variation as possible as this seems to be more like the way we experience color. Other colors were exaggerated for cohesion or emphasis.