The4amache - It Will Find You, Too

Just learned of the passing of Leonard Cohen and thought I would share this. The painting below, was one I made while at SVA in the early 2000's in Ju Chung's class. We were all given a song and told to make a painting from it. I was given Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song". It was the first song I ever herd from him and only one of two I can still recall ('Hallelujah' being the other). Now, I have no idea what a 'tower of song' is, but I loved the idea of a swirling tower of record pages going up into the sky. Another lyric I landed on was "I was born with the gift of the golden voice" and the sound of the song sounded so morose and dark, and I liked the idea of this golden voice burning like a fire inside this person. And so I painted this. Not a direct, or great interpretation, but merely incorporating a couple of the things found withing.  During class when we had to present our work I remember the teacher stopping at mine and being silent for a second. He then turned and said "I have no idea what this means, but it's pretty cool."

Celuluk Mini Bust. Resin/Acrylics. 2016

Specimen 012.2116

Polymer clay, Apoxie Clay, Mouse bones, moss, wood.

Mars Attacks! Martian diorama work in progress update: The Victim!

This poor bastard lies sprawled across the base of the Moebius model kit, having been blasted in half by the Martian warrior who steps over his still shocked body.

I love old school, graphic Mars Attacks, not the horrible Tim Burton movie, and I wanted the victim to reflect the horror of the original card series. The original sculpt I found to be too cartoon-like for my liking, so I used Apoxie sculpt to add more details like the peeled edges of skin, torn edges of the ripped suit as well to adding more spilled guts.

I painted this using enamel and spray paints. I then used a mixture of Tamiya translucent red and smoke to create the blood on the guts and the asphalt. This combination of paints is my favorite to use for blood effects. If looks so good and has a natural gloss to it which really helps capture the wet look. I then coated the wet parts with a gloss coat to make it pop even more.

A bar of anti-soap.

Sculpey, acrylics, wooden block 2017

I had the idea of a fleshy, veiny, pimple-covered block of ‘soap’ as the antithesis of soap used for cleaning. I wanted something that would make you feel uncomfortable to rub on your body. I was really happy with how the veins turned out. They really look like they go deep into the piece.

This is really fun to bring to parties and leave in the bathroom. :)

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My Audrey II model kit all painted up.