Take Me To Your Leader – 36”x12” acrylic on canvas
While I was struggling to come up with my next painting idea, I moved a bunch of toys that were on my desk out of the way. In the process of racking my brain I began playing with some of them. Absent mindedly moving the finger monsters into a silly arrangement that looked like they were fleeing from the spaceship that landed in front of them.
At some point having given up on trying to force myself to think of a painting, I turned in my chair and saw what I’d done. That arrangement was it. It was pure play right there on my desk. Behind it were other toys that I’d already placed in ways that felt right. It was all so organic.
In a way, it’s a bit of a self portrait. These objects arranged organically around my workspace represent a piece of who I am, how I think, create, and live. Toys from my past, a photo booth strip with friends, a Garbage Pail Kid, robots, monsters, the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy game, things I’ve bought specifically to paint, gifts from friends, all make an appearance here.
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