Easter Painting

      
















What better way to spend easter, if you're not with your family that is, than to get a free 50$ bar tab to do a live painting for a few hours!

Well that's how I spent my time Sunday, and while there was a noticeable lack of chocolate and Jesus, I still had a great time. The piece,  "The Nowhere Roses", took about four hours and five beers to complete, accompanied by a few conversations and almost falling off a one-story scaffolding. All in all, much like my last live painting, I had a lot of fun and think I came out with a rather successful piece.

Someone asked me what it meant and I really just gave them the truth...I came in with no idea what I was going to do and began by letting the first few brushstrokes dictate the rest of the piece. Lucky for me, my first marks happened to look pretty badass and from there, it was fairly simple to add to the composition, take steps from the painting that was on the canvas already, and move to a much more elegant and expressive place. Once Again I took inspiration from calligraphy and graffiti, trying to create something that was expressive, emotional and elegant, while also seeming very fundamental or primal and raw. I think I came out with something that seems fairly honest and free...both essential in creating a piece people might believe in.