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Big Bent Bird
2004 Acrylic, Magazine Photos, PVA, Flowers and insects on hardboard So this thing was a commission. Gema came to me with the idea that she wanted me to scale up a picture she had found and put my own slant onto it. The picture was on the back sleeve of a record: "Programmed to Love" by Bent. The original painting is by a fella called Rob White. I tried to make it my own by integrating a little photomontage into each square. Some have relevance to stuff. Some are just pictures that amused me thrown together. It would have to be large but transportable as she was moving between the UK, the USA, Spain, etc etc. Its probably my largest painting, so I painted it on 6 square panels so it can be dis/assembled when required. I swapped the painting for 2 tickets to Venice. Me and P had a great time there! Thanks Gema. Zooming in on various details over the next few posts. Watch this space.
Published 26 Jun 2020