r: It's been awhile since I last posted, I know, but I've been busy or--more accurately--highly stressed. I have completed two projects however and thought I'd share them with you. The first image is of a tryptic I painted. It was inspired by b movie Go Go girls like Tura Satana  and, in the case of the quotation, Cherry Darling (Rose McGowan) in Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror. "It's Go Go not Cry Cry" isn't just a pithy line in a fake grindhouse film, it's a life philosophy. The Go Go Girls are done in silhouette because it's an easy stencil and I wanted to see how it would work out. I'm pleased with the result but choosing an image that conveys "Go Go" is harder than your would think. If you try it for yourself make sure to find an image that conveys motion. The figure on the right (green) is Lori Williams from Russ Meyer's Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! A source of constant inspiration. The two smaller paintings are a lot of acrylic paint on canvas board. A lot of acrylic paint. I purchased a set of loteria cards for the purpose of making something out of them and hadn't really figured out a use (other than as a border on my painting of the Blue Demon, how I love Lucha Libre) and had these Uncle Wiggily game cards and the same problem. So I decided to use them in a painting experiment where I exploit my natural tendency toward impasto along with acrylic paints supposed similarity to glue. Death and the Devil makes the text creepy, eh?
So that's what I've been up to. My next art project may be coming in the mail for some of you and I'm sure we'll put pictures up (bloody B&N selling out of the Edward Gorey Christmas cards I wanted).