Saturday Night Art Walk: Marker 50

Several people have asked me to send them pictures of the painting I created for Eric’s 50th Birthday last month. So tonight, I will show you that painting.

What I’m drinking: Valpolicella (another word for Italian Red Table Wine. Now if there was the word “Superiore” after ‘Valpolicilla” then it would be a better quality. However, I love this wine because it reminds me of late night dinners with my brother Tripp and sis-in-law, Michele, in Florence, Italy. 

A few of the artists on my Pandora playlist: Actually, I’m listening to the rain hit our metal roof.

So I started this painting before Eric’s birthday but had to always find a way to hide this thing whenever I heard the door open. It is quite large and the canvas is not very light when you have to lift it 50 times a day!

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I did a couple paintings a few years back that I intended to sell but he asked if he could keep them since he loved the yellow shades. So I knew this painting needed its main color to be yellow.

The next images are some close-ups of the same painting…

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Above image shows 50 squares precisely placed and have significance for Eric. Some of these little “chips” are cut out from pieces I created in college! This section actually took the longest I’d say in how they were arranged. I was continuously moving them around and shifting order, etc.

I started from the left and also had what I wanted on the right, so those were pasted down first. The middle took some thought and planning. But when something worked, I would paste it down before it got dislodged. Anyways, these squares developed the title of Eric’s painting “Marker 50”

And while photographing this painting…

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It was apparent Jaxson (who I’ve now nicknamed “the beast”) was becoming jealous that I was at his level and paying no attention to him. So he came right up to the camera and gave it a nudge to let me know “Hey, I’m here!”

If anyone would like to commission a painting similar to this that has meaning to them or for someone else, just drop me an email!

Have a great evening!

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