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23" x 30", ink. I apologize for the poor photo.

TAX This 2009

Tax This 12" x 44.5" acrylic and spray paint on wooden panel

This is a piece that I have been thinking about for a long time.

2 Too Much (Jess Leaning)

2 Too Much (Jess Leaning) diptych 20" x 32" acrylic and spray paint on stretched canvas
It is time to start drawing on this or something.

New Work 2 (BAU Sculpture)

JJ's Last Stand

Mixed Media 

Wood, Paintbrushes, Feathers, Paint

This piece is more about the manipulation of readymades.  It is also about repetition though you might not pick up on that. It is nice to use painting as a crutch sometimes.  Angle is to engage viewer.  I think you can fill in the rest. 

New Work 1

Print I am playing with.  To cut again or not?  Or a series of three?  Green, Yellow, Red on Black?  

  "It Was Mostly Sunny That Day in Vietnam"

  Woodcut

Bau Movement

Smart. Dirty. Art.
smart dirty art.

Mixing the media

"Jess and Stencils" mixed media and stencil, 30X22" 2009

BAU Sculpture? What???

Fred and I have always liked spray paint and with my new found love for sculpture I find this a fitting exploration of the media. 

I made a simple two-part rubber mold using a Montana Spray paint can and tip.

Had some issues with rims and edges but on a whole the experiment I feel is successful. 

I love colour!(that's spelled right, dammit) I love the shape of the can.  The colured cans are paraffin/wax mix.  The colour comes from Crayola Crayons that are thinly sliced and added to wax mixture... than poured and allowed to cool and harden.  

The other cans are plaster, hydrostone, and concrete.  Same process but the hardening time for plaster and hydrostone is shorter.  The concrete takes longer.  It is a great process.

The piece is about juxtaposition.  The solid elements of  colourless strength toppled over in contrast to the colour-clumped beauty and delicacy of the wax is just wonderful feeling.   The cans of solid material or over to fill the space and remind the viewer that solid isn't so strong.  The colour and beauty is strength.  It is not for me to decide how you look at it.  Just my process.  

The pedestals are part of the piece I wanted to pull the elements together and open up the piece to the room.  I simply spray painted the coloured pedestal and dripped hydrostone/plaster/concrete down the other. I presented the piece off of the wall and in the middle of the gallery.   I might try and enter this into some up coming juried art shows.  Feedback from you big artists would be lovely. Enjoy, and thank-you.

So.. reigning from the Keystone State I have a memory of the day Budd Dwyer lost his marbles.

Nationally televised news conference with Mr. Dwyer, a .357 magnum, and a snow day.

Politics kill people.  Taking money from the mob kills people.  .357's kill people.  It isn't everyday you see all of these things come together on television while eating breakfast.

This piece of art isn't for me to tell you about, although if you are not familiar with Budd Dwyer perhaps googling him will put this into more perspective. 

It is a comment on what you remember.  

I will never forget this.  

It is my way to remember, regardless of what the audience knows, it is more about simply remembering to remember not to forget.  Oh and my utter disliking for politics.

Enjoy.

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