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		<title>good news, bad news, good news</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael James Armstrong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[so, some new developments since the last post.  first, i finished my first spray paint on metal piece.  it&#8217;s called &#8220;who&#8217;s afraid of red, yellow, blue, purple, orange, green, black, and white (jacks painting)&#8221;.  the title is referencing robert irwins huge aluminum panel piece called &#8220;Who&#8217;s Afraid of Red, Yellow &#38; Blue³&#8221; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>so, some new developments since the last post.  first, i finished my first spray paint on metal piece.  it&#8217;s called &#8220;who&#8217;s afraid of red, yellow, blue, purple, orange, green, black, and white (jacks painting)&#8221;.  the title is referencing robert irwins huge aluminum panel piece called &#8220;Who&#8217;s Afraid of Red, Yellow &amp; Blue³&#8221; ** that was built by master fabricator of the art world jack brogan.  while working at the <a href="http://www.mcasd.org/">MCASD</a> i was fortunate enough to have been able to be a preparator for bob irwins <a href="http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2007/11/beyond_the_fram.html">&#8220;Primaries and Secondaries&#8221;</a> retrospective.  while i got to help install many of the pieces for that show, i (along with my pal joey gold) spent the most time (a week) installing the aforementioned &#8220;Who&#8217;s Afraid of Red, Yellow &amp; Blue³&#8221;.  while installing that piece under the guidance of the man who built it, jack brogan, joey and i got to be pretty friendly with him.  this guy&#8217;s got so many stories about so many famous artists he&#8217;s worked with.  he&#8217;s been <em>the</em> go to art fabricator in southern california for decades and has built some of the most famous contemporary art pieces.  on top of that he&#8217;s an extremely humble, easy going, and generous individual.  he&#8217;s the one who helped me with some of the issues i had about how to go about painting on metal with acrylic, and even gave me a can of aluminum etching primer of his own volition (which i used on this painting).</p>
<p>it took me 4 attempts to get this painting done!  the first 3 attempts i mention in the previous post.  on that 3rd attempt i made a mistake that screwed it up again and had to start for the fourth time.  i got it right after that.  here&#8217;s the result:</p>
<p><img src="http://michaeljamesarmstrong.com/arrowdeco/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/red-yellow-blue.jpg" alt="red-yellow-blue.jpg" /><br />
the colors are slightly off in this photo, and there&#8217;s a very subtle fade coming off of all the arrows that you can&#8217;t really see here.  also, this design is based on one of the first arrow deco drawings i did from about 4 years ago.</p>
<p>second bit of news.  *sigh*  someone robbed my studio of about 30 cans of spray paint that i just bought.  FUCKING BASTARDS!  i guess i can be thankful nothing else was taken and none of my art was messed with&#8230;but damn!  KILL!</p>
<p>and finally, to offset the extreme rage of being robbed&#8230;i sold a piece!  woohoo!  a man from atlanta, who obviously has impeccable taste in art, happened upon my site and fell in love with my &#8220;city block&#8221; drawing.  thanks again dan.  here&#8217;s what he purchased:</p>
<p><img src="http://michaeljamesarmstrong.com/arrowdeco/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/cityblockframed.jpg" alt="city block" /></p>
<p><img src="http://michaeljamesarmstrong.com/arrowdeco/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/cityblockunframed.jpg" alt="cityblockunframed.jpg" /></p>
<p>i&#8217;ll be kind of sad to see this one go, it&#8217;s one of my favorites.  however, i&#8217;m never sad to get paid.</p>
<p>over and out.</p>
<p>** robert irwins piece &#8220;Who&#8217;s Afraid of Red, Yellow &amp; Blue³&#8221;<br />
<a href="http://www.michaeljamesarmstrong.com/?attachment_id=68" rel="attachment wp-att-68" title="who’s afraid of red, yellow, and blue"><img src="http://michaeljamesarmstrong.com/arrowdeco/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/ryb_02.thumbnail.jpg" alt="who’s afraid of red, yellow, and blue" /></a></p>
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