Today’s watercolor experiment:
It took me a long time to find the photograph that I used as a reference for today’s watercolor. Back in 1989, I sometimes had two cameras with me, one with black and white film and the other with color negative or color slide film. I was very organized, keeping all my developed film in archival sleeves, along with contact sheets. In order to have immediate access to my images, I began digitizing my film several weeks ago. Most of my digitized images have been film, which I placed in electronic folders, organized and filed with the same labeling as the sleeves containing the negatives.
‘The Welder’ image was taken with slide film. Slides are more easily misplaced and harder to keep track of, even digitally. But I found it!
The Welder is a work of graffiti that directly references the artist. The ‘Moon Man’ has a palette in one hand three paint brushes in the other. Is this a self portrait?
The Welder Graffiti
4″x6″ 140# Mixed Media Paper
The space between the brick columns looks like it could be a stretched canvas. It appears that there was some graffiti scribbles before ‘moon man’ made his debut. It is interesting to contemplate the timeline associated with any given collection of graffiti. When I took the photo it appears that the figure was the most recent artistic outpouring on the brick canvas.
Welder Graffiti – Reference Photo
Your work blows me away.
Thank you, Nina. That is so nice to hear!
j
I totally agree with Nina and I’m going to reblog this because more people should be seeing what you’re doing with these. Wonderful, both photos and paintings.
Very kind of you, Kerfe. I appreciate that very much!
j
In that regard, K & N, I am planning to start (at the first of the year, hopefully) a web site devoted exclusively to my art and perhaps an art business. For the past week or so, I’ve tried to devote this blog to my art, however other things came up such as my concern for Will, my grandson. I want to have my say about autism, mental health, philosophy and other matters, which is why I started the blog in the first place. Stay tuned.
So I thank both of you for your support. It means a lot to me.
Very best regards,
Jack
I would love to buy a piece from you despite having no room on any wall.
That would be great. The graffiti wall series are all small (4×6″). I’m not set up at the moment, so I hope you can be patient. I am very grateful for your support.
j
Let me know when you’re ready and what you’d be willing to part with.
You’ll be the first to know. Thanks.
j
Kerfe here, same wall problem, but I’d love to have one too.
It would be my pleasure. Hopefully I’ll be set by the 1st of the year. Thank you, K.
j
Reblogged this on method two madness and commented:
This graffiti series from Brotherly Love just gets better and better. Go to the website and scroll through…both the photos and watercolor interpretations are amazing.