Where Nothing Ever Happens

 So this painting has gone through just a few stages...first it was a cow, then I ripped a big hole in it, then it was a 9/11 ish thing, then it was abstract and now its got skulls on it...so from cow to skulls in four short steps....and still not done! but finally I think I have a concept to run with. I was listening to the song "Heaven" by the Talking Heads and I liked the idea of how they seem to be saying how hard it is to imagine nothing happening being so wonderful. Basically summed up in this line, "It's hard to imagine that nothing at all could be so exciting, could be so much fun. Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens."

And there's a few ways to look at what they are trying to say, but we'll delve into that as the painting gets closer to being completed.

Last night I ended when the upper-floor renters decided it was a good time to stop wrestling bears, rolling downstairs and jumping rope (basically when it was quiet enough to actually fall asleep), and while it doesn't quite have the same concept as the new one, it's definitely do-able. Right now It was based on this idea of "The Gallery" or a subject being at the center of attention in a rather "awkward" way for the subject. Almost like deposition, or someone facing a court of their peers, but I like the large number of objects and look to expand that an make it more about a lack of action, a lack of something going on that ends up being the focus. Anyways...here's the piece as it stands now, more work to be done!

to quote trainspotting "Of Course I'll have another shot, after all, I had work to do."