I drive a lot between New Hampshire and Maine and while on my drives often think of different art projects. During the last week I was obsessed with the idea of televisions as planters, much like the old paintings I had done with the plants taking over a more technological setting. I think that perhaps in the end this will be very similar to what happens in an apocalyptic world.
The creatures that inhabited this planet from the get go will take over again. At least I hope so. With this in mind I created today’s piece:
This piece is definitely a delineation from my more illustrative work but I think that incorporating this with more illustrative work will be very successful. I am looking forward to the idea of matching this up with more painterly elements.
It does make me wonder what in the end counts as a painting, however. This is certainly much more painting than it is reality. Is any environment that is constructed more painting than reality. Questions to be answered in the future but currently I have not the faculty to answer that.
Peace
Mike