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Paintaholic

Daniel — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:08:27 +0000

I’ve spent the last two months working to recreate a previous composition. I began two canvases dedicated to this task. The works began with a layer of tar and sand, painted over again and again. I pealed off the layers, like strips of peel from an orange. I painted, repainted and painted again, using layers of polyurethane as the glue. I created a suitable background for a composition, using my normal layered style, and after completion, I found that I liked the simplicity of the backgrounds more than the thought of disturbing the silence with additional painted forms. I am done. Welcome to “Red Paintaholic” and “Purple Paintaholic”

Cycling Prints for “A Weekend in the Saddle”

Daniel — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:50:24 +0000

I have been working on a manuscript over the last year or so which documents in principle my experience of cycling. The manuscript is well on its way to being completed. These prints will be used as chapter dividers. It’s not entirely fiction or non fiction, but rather a blending of the two – A Mark Twain if you will. I spent the day today, carving a rubber block, cutting my hand, and producing these colorful cycling prints. There are twenty in total. The rubber has been destroyed.

Alterations on a Tulip

Daniel — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:34:26 +0000

Over the last two weeks I have been experimenting with rubber block printing and color combination. I worked away at the background and vase first, followed by a bit more detail on the flower pedals and the vase bottom. The results look stunning when compared as a series. Tulips redefined. I made thirty of these, most of them completed over the course of the last 24 hours. More flower prints to come, perhaps a daisy or a pansy next.