Strange little paintings

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Since the summer of 2001, I've been doing these really small pictures. I like working small because I find it easier to be whimsical and playful. When I did big pictures I felt burdened by the seriousness of Art. Also I'm running out of space in my studio space so the small ones take up less space. They are pretty much all done on little blocks of wood. I also like the Idea that every single image is a new adventure. I get bored doing the same thing over and over. The Ideas for them mostly come from being bored at my job, and each Idea I jot down and memorize for use when I get home.

 

"Ventilation Bellows"

2001, Oil on wood

Actual size.

I got the idea for this one
When I realized I needed better
Ventilation in my studio. The
motor makes the bellows suck
The air from the room.

 

$200
(Click on thumbnails for larger view)  

 

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"Invasion"
2001, oil on wood, brass frame. 6"  x 4.25" This one can be hung any way you want. It has no top and Bottom.
$100

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"Log-rollers"
2001, Oil on wood, 6 1/2" x 5"
$100

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"River of Holes" 
8/8/01, Acrylic, canvas.7" x 4.5" Inspired by a certain painting 
in the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in which a bunch of proper American gentleman gather for lunch in a room in the nineteenth century.

$100

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"Submarine interior" 8/17/01, watercolor, ink, colored pencil.
7" x 4" 
$50

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"Blimp searching for it's lover" 2001, 
Oil, 
7.5" x 4.75"
$75

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"Biplane Sails" 2001, watercolor
3.25" x 6.5"

$75

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"Boat Sink" 2001, Acrylic, canvas
6" x 4"
$50

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"Hovering Objects" 9/5/01 Ink
Crinkled paper
5" x 7.5"

$100
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"Attic" 2001, Charcoal, pastel
Shellac
4" x 6.5"
$100

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"Coincidence" 2001, Watercolor
4" x 6.5"

$50

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"Listening to the Fish tank" 2001
Watercolor, wood
5 1/2" x 8"
I liked the Idea of the only
Audible sound being fish in a tank.

$100

 

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"Model Yacht Vane Gear" 2001,
Oil on linen mounted on wood. 5 1/2" x 8"
This is how model yachts were
guided on course before the days
of radio control.

$100

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"Propeller" 2001
Ink jet print of a 3-d model, that I made, mounted on wood with shellac. 6 1/2" x 4"

$100

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"Dream house" 2001
Enamel on tin mounted on wood.
My dream house could have a model yacht pond on the roof.
7 1/2" x 5 1/2
$150

 

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