who's afraid of dirivitive post modern iconography?

so i made these lovely reflective paintings over the weekend, based on some drawings i did during the week. the one on the right is called "who's afraid of red, yellow and bananas?" and the left one is called "who's afraid of red, urinals and blue?" hahaha, i'm so clever. they are painted on plastic and at the moment have glass in front of them although seeing now how ridiculously reflective that is i may take it away befor hanging them. there is a definite third in the series on the way called "who's afraid of soup, yellow and blue?" but after that i'm sort out of ideas although i do intend to continue to develop this particular style of working, even these examples arent quite finished. and not at all finnish

vad betyder det?

so there we are. a nice blurry photo of what it looks like at the moment. mostly. im just slowly adding various blue washed to get the light effect right and afterwards i may tone down the blueness of it which makes it feel like it belongs in the bathroom. mostly i think it's just looking for attention

Redo

this past week, "mirror composition" jumped down off the wall demanding to be repainted and renamed and like totally reconceptualised man!

so now it it to be named "Vad betyder det? : on the pitfalls of postmodern ism"
or something like that. something clever sounding anyway

im totally pro crastination

yeah i am... st anthony is sitting in the corner facing the wall, thinking about what he's done. that'll learn 'm.

meanwhile, i have been painting on a smaller self portrait. called "self portrait on a chair" i probably wont bother posting updates on that one though since i'm using those images in a video project which i've begun in tandom with it.

yup, i'm peeking through the post modern curtain at last (having never been too fond of modernism anyway) and seeing whats on the otherside. phew! it still accepts my painting, just, but it also encourages a much broader use of medium. video could be expensive, but i think its essential to me right now.

i havent, by the way, decided to start using video because of any particular thing i've seen, frankly the video experiments i actually have been impressed by tend to be older but still beyond me.. but no, i actually just had an idea a few weeks ago and started jotting down "script" details immediatly and, well, this idea can only be a video. performance wont do it. paintings dont move etc etc.. so i started taping this week. i'm excited about the possibilities but at the same time, since i have no real experience in the medium, i have no real expectations as to what the finished product will look like.. its just more about the process.

otherwise, i laid up all the bits and parts i've collected for my "club golvet" piece and set them on a board. looked, poked and arranged in various ways, then put them back in the cup. i have a good idea now what else is needed so it should start coming together after easter sometime.

pee ass

and now...

and here's how it looks now. i've painted over the sky section so many times based on the originally concieved (rather born without conception... much like our lord) composition without getting it how i wanted it, i realised that perhaps it was best to start again.
a depressing realisation but a decision which i believe will pay off. the rest of the painting is very much in the closing stages with mostly touch ups left to do. of course i say that now but we all know it will take another month to put it away.

rather than painting straight on to the canvas as is my usual practise, i've actually decided this time (and you're never going to believe this) sketch! a painted sketch of the miserable area at the top in black and white with an altered composition. i need better references than the drawings i'v been working from, so i'll have to make some.... so i'm gonna get back to that right now

Blah

Yup, blah.
i've been poking at st anthony since my last post, this is how it looked at some point yesterday . possibly the day before