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Gallery A3 – 6th Annual Juried Show – Sky Bowl

Chris at Gallery A3

I’m thrilled to have had “Smashed Cars” selected for the 6th Annual Juried Show at Gallery A3, juried by Donnabell Casis The title of the show this year is Sky Bowl.

From the Gallery A3 Facebook post:

The inspiration for the title of our August show “Sky Bowl,” is a poem by Carl Sandburg.

Summer Stars

Bend low again, night of summer stars.
So near you are, sky of summer stars,
So near, a long arm man can pick off stars,
Pick off what he wants in the sky bowl,
So near you are, summer stars,
So near, strumming, strumming,
So lazy and hum-strumming.

From Smoke and Steel (Harcourt, 1920)”

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King Kong

King Kong – 14”x18” – acrylic on canvas. I bought this 3” King Kong souvenir years ago, outside Penn Station for way too much money. There’s a perfect level of kitschiness to it that’s always resonated with me.

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Irises

Irises – 11”x14” – acrylic on canvas – June 2019 – SOLD

Two weeks ago, after having finished the painting Smashed Cars, I decided to loosen things up and paint a painting in a single day instead of the usual few weeks.

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Smashed Cars – 12″x16″ acrylic on canvas

I went almost the whole month of April without painting, and it was tough. Sometime in March my youngest son and his friend thought it would be fun to smash up a bunch of Hot Wheels cars and create stories for what happened to each car. I did this exact thing with my own cars and other toys when I was a kid. I still regret the destruction of a good amount of Transformers that I’d love to have back.

When they were finished I dumped the car carcasses in the kitchen sink and arranged them until I found a layout I liked. This is how this painting came to be.

Smashed Cars – Chris Bordenca – 12″x16″ acrylic on canvas

Here is the time lapse video of the painting process.

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Belchertown Art Week

I had a great day displaying my work for Belchertow Art Week at the Belchertown United Church of Christ. It was wonderful to meet and talk to so many people about painting, art, the town, and life.