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oh my dear blog, how i’ve neglected you. i know you forgive me.

let’s see, what’s happened since august? well, one thing is that i sold this piece!

“Exit Perspective” – 96″ x 18″, spray paint on steel

notice the back color. that violet gave the piece a good color-bounce-shadow that was a good contrast to the green on the front. i talked a little bit about the reason behind painting the reverse side a contrasting color back in october of 08.

closer look at my “signature”:

there are very subtle fades of greens and yellows at the bottom of this piece that are nearly impossible to photograph:

speaking of fades. the black toward the top of the piece is krylon ultra flat black. man, ultra flat black has got to be one of the best colors ever invented. notice how the ultra flatness of the spray paint makes the glossy black of the paint marker lines look almost brown. that’s how black this stuff is. WHY, OH WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DISCONTINUE THIS COLOR KRYLON?! WHY?!!!!

a closer shot of the grainy beauty of ultra flat black. this stuff is like velvet. it’s just a beautiful paint. it almost makes me sick that krylon no longer makes it.*

*well, krylon does still make a paint called ultra flat black, but it’s not the same as the old one. in fact, compared to the old one, the new ultra flat black is complete garbage! krylon should be ashamed.

anyway, thank you to the couple who now owns “exit perspective”, and thank you david at objct gallery for showing my work.

you’d never think that an offer for a solo show would come from a stranger who just happened to find you on the internet.  however, that’s how this show came about, and i’m very happy how it all turned out.

i created 3 new paintings for this show (one of them even sold at the opening).  unfortunately i don’t have any good photos of them yet, but you can see them in the installation shots from the show.  aside from the new ones i included every other available piece i had.  some are very recent pieces, but some i’ve been holding onto for 3 years or more.

click the photo below to go to flickr, where you can see all my shots from the opening as well as a few shot by a friend of the gallery owner.

NEW SHOW THIS SATURDAY THE 8th AT OBJCT GALLERY IN POMONA!

yes, pomona. i’d never been their either, but it’s quite a nice little city about 30 minutes east of LA. if you live near, or if you’re down to make the trek, this is going to be a good show. i’m going to be showing 3 new never before seen pieces, all spray paint on steel, as well as about 10 others.

what: “Metropolitan Moderne” featuring the work of yours truly
where: OBJCT gallery – 250 west 2nd street, pomona, CA 91766
when: opening reception, saturday august 8th, 7-10pm

will i see you there?