100 Canvases: Canvas #27

Slow and steady wins the race.  I hope that's true.  I continue to work towards my goal of 100 canvases.

I took a class at MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) last year and created several canvases based on the work of Sigmar Polke. Polke is a really interesting artist.  His work is made from a wide variety of materials and he used a tons of different techniques -- stenciling, screenprinting, painting, stitch, etc. I love artists who experiment with a wide variety of techniques and styles.  I hope that I am always evolving.

Here is the first of my Polke-inspired canvases:

Have I mentioned that I'm eye-obsessed?! 

I am eye-obsessed!! 

I created the three color fields to mimic a traffic light -- red, yellow, and green.  Then I created a an eye Thermofax screen in two parts.

I didn't have any screenprinting ink, so  I used oil paint with mixed results.  In the end, I like the distressed look more than if the prints has been perfect.


The piece has some special personal meaning to me based on a childhood story involving a traffic light.  One of the things that I'm trying to work towards in my artistic endeavors is to tell personal stories in less obvious ways -- messages, symbols, images instead of text.

It's not easy to push out of your comfort zone, especially when making art is your job.  But I think that being uncomfortable and having some failures is the only way to grow artistically.  So, I will continue to push myself because I want to grow!

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