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Monday, October 30, 2006

Unleashing the Artist Within

With all the talk about art (watercolor mostly) going on I decided to try my hand, at art that is. We'll talk about my long distance relationship another time. Seeing as I can't draw a straight line I was glad to see the link to the jacksonpollock.org website in my comment section. After spending an hour or so splashing cyber-paint around I realized that without being an alcoholic/rageoholic I'd never approach the intensity evident in the works of the great master.
It occurred to me that "photo-shopping" will be an accepted form of fine art within 5 to 10 years and seeing as I've already gotten a head start with all my work on The Blob my metier seems to have chosen itself! As a more serious artiste I'll have to take a step back from the visual puns and humorous collages that have become a staple on my site and occasionally delve into the adult world of socio-political commentary as expressed by the juxtaposition and superimposition of photographic images all the while maintaining a refined sense of aesthetics. Since my best work to date involves "leave it to beaver" with a dog turd this should prove a real challenge.
My first image, presented for your approval, is already stirring up some controversy. "Simple and bold yet enigmatic and timely, "Oaken Bucket with Pontiff" is a thought provoking work that stands alone as a serious statement by an otherwise ridiculous man" heralded Mark Dinsmore of the London Times earlier this week. Take a look and let me know what you think.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Braaaavooooooooh!

slapper58 said...

in case you were wondering YES that IS swill!

Anonymous said...

Far be it from me to bash the holy father, but I am glad it's swill!